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Inputs, productivity, and agricultural growth in Africa South of the Sahara:

Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural … productivity growth in SSA: the role of the input mix and the need to increase capital and inputs per worker not only to boost …

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Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa:

Yu, Bingxin; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011

We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 …

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An updated look at the recovery of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa:

Nin Pratt, Alejandro; Yu, Bingxin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 40 years …

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Growth in total factor productivity in the Ethiopian agriculture sector: Growth accounting and econometric assessments of sources of growth

Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

area expanded at 4.7 percent. The remaining growth resulted from intensive use of other inputs, increased productivity …

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Early childhood nutrition, schooling, and sibling inequality in a dynamic context: evidence from South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"While nutritional intake in early childhood provides the basis for a child's health capital, investments in schooling provide the basis for a child's knowledge capital. That store of knowledge, in turn, will eventually be rewarded in the labor market. Does the good health built up by the child...

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Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality: evidence from South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Buthelezi, Thabani; Velia, Myriam - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This paper assesses the impact of prime-age mortality on human capital formation and labor markets by examining, first, the impact on adolescents, who may leave school in order to enter the labor market, and second, the impact on adult females who, upon the loss of a breadwinner, may decide to...

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Community, inequality, and local public goods: Evidence from School Financing in South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Nishiyama, Shinichi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"To examine how local income distribution affects both a community's ability to pay for schooling and the quality of that schooling, this research merges household and school census data from South Africa. Empirical results are twofold. First, while the median income and the average household...

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Early childhood nutrition, schooling, and sibling inequality in a dynamic context: evidence from South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This paper examines the effects of early childhood nutrition on schooling inputs and outcomes to assess the dynamic nature of human capital production, using panel data from South Africa. Height-for-age Z-score is used as a measure of health and nutritional status in early childhood. Based on a...

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Gender, labor, and prime-age adult mortality: evidence from South Africa

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Buthelezi, Thabani; Velia, Myriam - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This paper examines the impact of prime-age adult mortality on the transition from school to the labor market of adolescents and on decisions by female adults to participate in the labor force in South Africa. The analysis focuses on that period—1998–2004—when South Africa experienced...

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After the negotiations: assessing the impact of free trade agreements in Southern Africa

Lewis, Jeffrey D.; Robinson, Sherman; Thierfelder, Karen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

After protracted and difficult negotiations, agreement was recently reached on the dimensions of a South African-EU free trade deal. Because of South Africa's prominence in the sub-region, implementation of this agreement will have an impact not only on South Africa, but on all the SADC...

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