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A curse of comparison? : Evidence on reference groups for relative income concerns
Kuegler, Alice - 2009
"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self …-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …
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Transactional sex as a response to risk in Western Kenya
Robinson, Jonathan - 2009
"Formal and informal commercial sex work is a way of life for many poor women in developing countries. Though sex workers have long been identified as crucial in affecting the spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the nature of sex-for-money transactions remains poorly...
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The elimination of Madagascar's vanilla marketing board, ten years on
Cadot, Olivier - 2006
contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …
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INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and Complementary Services : Status Report
World Bank - 2013
ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …
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Building competitiveness in Africa's agriculture : a guide to value chain concepts and applications
Webber, C. Martin - 2009
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Standards and agro-food exports from developing countries : rebalancing the debate
Henson, Spencer - 2004
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Southern African agribusiness : gaining through regional collaboration
Jaffee, Steven (contributor) - 1999
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Zambia - Commercial Value Chains in Zambian Agriculture : Do Smallholders Benefit?
World Bank - 2012
Agriculture and agroprocessing are important in Zambia's economy, representing more than 40 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and contributing about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs some 67 percent of the labor force and supplies raw materials to agricultural...
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Cameroon - Agricultural Value Chain : Competitiveness Study
World Bank - 2012
This study, competitiveness of the value chain of the agricultural sector in Cameroon, aims to help the Government achieve its objectives for the rural sector. The main objective of this study was to provide information on the potentials, investment and growth policies of commercial agriculture...
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