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productivity, market access, and the policy environment for agriculture in Zambia. This report presents findings of a data …Agriculture and agribusiness play an important role in the Zambian economy, contributing around 20 percent of gross … domestic product (GDP) in recent years and about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs nearly 70 percent …
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agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries …, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world …'s poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to …
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agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries …, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world …'s poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to …
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"Game management areas in Zambia aim to combine nature conservation with economic empowerment of rural households. By …
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"Strategic interaction between public and private actors is increasingly recognized as an important determinant of agricultural market performance in Africa and elsewhere. Trust and consultation tend to positively affect private activity while uncertainty of government behavior impedes it. This...
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agricultural farmers. In Zambia, these are rural, often vulnerable, smallholders. The authors investigate the connection between …
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"A large literature examines the link between shocks to households and the educational attainment of children. The authors use new data to estimate the impact of shocks to teachers on student learning in mathematics and English. Using absenteeism in the 30 days preceding the survey as a measure...
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