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Are Biofuels Good for African Development? An Analytical Framework with Evidence from Mozambique and Tanzania

Arndt, Channing; Msangi, Siwa; Thurlow, James - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their dependence on imported fossil fuels, but also stimulate economic development, particularly in poorer rural areas. Skeptics, on the other hand, view biofuels as a threat to food...

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International co-operation for agricultural development and food and nutrition security: New institutional arrangements for related public goods

von Braun, Joachim - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Following an overview on the fast changing global context of agriculture, and food and nutrition security, this paper provides a framework for identifying the set of essential international public goods for a well-functioning world agriculture and food sy

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Globalization, Literacy Levels, and Economic Development

Bhargava, Alok - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

?2000 using data on 54 developing countries at five-yearly intervals. Issues of globalization were investigated by analysing the … quadratic manner and countries with higher literacy were more likely to benefit from globalization. Second, the model for growth … measures showed that poverty was not directly affected by globalization indicators. Finally, the model for Gini coefficients …

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Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security in Tanzania

Arndt, Channing; Strzepek, Ken; Thurlow, James - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are generally considered to be most vulnerable to climate...

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Evidence from a Group-Based Aid Project in Mozambique

Nyyssola, Milla; Pirttila, Jukka; Sandstrom, Susanna - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

This paper evaluates the impact of an integrated rural development programme on farming techniques and food security in the Gaza area of rural Mozambique. We examine the impact of a group-based approach, in a country with few impact evaluations of technol

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US policy contributions to agricultural commodity price fluctuations, 2006.12

Rausser, Gordon C.; de Gorter, Harry - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Since 2006, global prices and price volatility for foodgrain commodities have spiked frequently and dramatically. Such spikes have had the heaviest economic and social impact on developing nations, where agriculture accounts for a sizable portion of econo

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Dealing with the 2007/08 global food price crisis: The political economy of food price policy in Malawi

Chirwa, Ephraim; Chinsinga, Blessings - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

The paper examines the underlying political economy motivations of the government.s policy responses to food price increases in 2007/08 focusing particularly on maize as the main staple crop. The main government policy responses to the food price spikes i

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Food Security in Vietnam during the 1990s: The Empirical Evidence

Molini, Vasco - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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The Public Distribution Systems of Foodgrains and Implications for Food Security: A Comparison of the Experiences of India and China

Zhou, Zhangyue; Wan, Guanghua - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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Food Retailing, Supermarkets and Food Security: Highlights from Latin America

Arda, Mehmet - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2006

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