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Trade, standards, and the political economy of genetically modified food
Anderson, Kym - 2004
"Anderson, Damania, and Jackson develop a common-agency lobbying model to help understand why North America and the European Union have adopted such different policies toward genetically modified (GM) food. Their results show that when firms (in this case farmers) lobby policymakers to influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522939
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Missing Food : The Case of Postharvest Grain Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank - 2012
Low-income, food-deficit countries have become especially concerned about the global and national food situation over the past three years. While the proximate cause of this heightened concern was the surge in food prices that began in 2006 and peaked in mid-2008, concerns remain for other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550614
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Regional Trade in Food Staples : Prospects for Stimulating Agricultural Growth and Moderation Food Security Crises in Eastern and Southern Africa
World Bank - 2012
This report focuses on growing trade in food staples in the Southern and Eastern African region of Africa as one of the largest growth opportunities available to African farmers. This paper examines the impact of regional trade in food staples, both for maintaining farmer incentives in surplus...
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Achieving Ukraine's Agricultural Potential : Stimulating Agricultural Growth and Improving Rural Life
World Bank - 2013
This study provides a review of the food and agricultural sector in Ukraine. It assesses the current status of the food and agricultural sector with special reference to the agricultural policy regime and the form and level of government support to the sector. The paper reviews the sector's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559249
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Africa Can Help Feed Africa : Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples
World Bank - 2012
Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will double demands over the next 10 years. Two key...
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Low carbon development opportunities for Nigeria : sectoral analyses
Cervigni, Raffaello (contributor) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393912
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Assessing the economic impacts of an economic partnership agreement on Nigeria
Andriamananjara, Soamiely - 2009
"This study discusses potential economic implications for Nigeria of an Economic Partnership Agreement with the … imports into Nigeria will be slight. This is in part because the Agreement will likely allow the most protected sectors to be … discriminatory nature of the EPA, which generates a negative welfare impact of the tariff reforms. One way for Nigeria to limit these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394214
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Bank privatization and performance : empirical evidence from Nigeria
Beck, Thorsten - 2005
"Beck, Cull, and Jerome assess the effect of privatization on performance in a panel of Nigerian banks for the period 1990--2001. They find evidence of performance improvement in nine banks that were privatized, which is remarkable given the inhospitable environment for true financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522688
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Hard lessons : primary schools, community, and social capital in Nigeria
Francis, Paul A. - 1998
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