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Secteur en pleine mutation, l'agriculture doit faire face, en même temps, à la libéralisation des marchés et à une société toujours plus exigeante en termes de qualité : qualité des produits, mais aussi préservation de l'environnement. Tel est le constat des auteurs qui s'accordent par...
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in farm incomes and a decline in poverty levels. Our main policy conclusion here is that the commercialization of … agriculture can be conducive to a sustainable increase in smallholder incomes and reduction of poverty levels; however, policies …
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In the mountainous regions of Southeast Asia, smallholder farmers are both victims of and actors in the degradation of … understanding of the agriculture-poverty-environment nexus – defined as the set of complex linkages between agriculture, poverty and … different settings in Southeast Asia – namely northern Vietnam and northern Thailand, and to derive policy recommendations that …
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The worldwide commercialization of cognac is managed by a handful of big brands owned by multinational corporations operating in the sectors of luxury goods, wine and liquors. These conglomerates purchase their wine and their liquors from approximately 5,000 vine growers established in the...
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Commodity prices rise observed during the 2000s being concomitant with the increasing presence of financial agents has sparked the researchers’ interest. This price increase occurred while commodity markets have been transformed by new financial instruments or larger investments in these...
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The aim of this paper is to study the nature of the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Cameroon through a three-step approach: (i) study the stationarity of the chronic, (ii) test of causality between variables, and (iii) estimate the appropriate model. The study...
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We analyze the relationship between legal institutions, innovation and growth. We compare a rigid (law set ex-ante) legal system and a exible one (law set after observing current technology). The exible system dominates in terms of welfare, amount of innovation and output growth at intermediate...
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The process of development is linked to the rise of an integrated and competitive economy and polity that allow a maximal division of labor and innovation. This process relies on two intertwined dynamics. First, in the establishment of the rule of law, legal instruments are appropriated by those...
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