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State-Led or Market-Led Green Revolution? Role of Private Irrigation Investment vis-a-vis Local Government Programs in West Bengal’s Farm Productivity Growth
Bardhan, Pranab; Mookherjee, Dilip; Kumar, Neha - eSocialSciences - 2009
, extension services, and infrastructure investments) in the growth of farm productivity in West Bengal, India between 1981-95. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077861
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Assessing Socioeconomic Impacts of Transport Infrastructure Projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Stone, Susan; Strutt, Anna; Hertel, Thomas - eSocialSciences - 2010
This study attempts to quantify the links between infrastructure investment and poverty reduction using a multi-region general equilibrium model, supplemented with household survey data for the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). Infrastructure investment is an important step in economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671997
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Impact of Imported Intermediate and Capital Goods on Economic Growth: A Cross Country Analysis
Veermani, C - eSocialSciences - 2009
Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity … products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermediate products and capital equipments produced in the richer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250506
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Impact of Imported Intermediate and Capital Goods on Economic Growth: A Cross Country Analysis
Veermani, C - eSocialSciences - 2009
Knowledge accumulation in the richer countries provides them with comparative advantages in higher productivity … products. The countries that import the higher productivity intermediate products and capital equipments produced in the richer … productivity level associated with a country's imports. Using instrumental variable method (to address the endogeneity problems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004985543
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Regional Cooperation, Infrastructure, and Trade Costs in Asia
Brooks, Douglas H. - eSocialSciences - 2010
International trade has played an essential role in Asia’s remarkable growth, development, and integration in recent decades. Infrastructure, both hard and soft, has played an integral part in facilitating that trade, primarily through reducing the associated transaction costs. Regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680375
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Prevalence, Distribution, and Impact of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Latin America, China, and India: A 10/66 Population-Based Study
Sosa, Ana Luisa; Albanese, Emiliano - eSocialSciences - 2012
Rapid demographic ageing is a growing public health issue in many low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs). Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a construct frequently used to define groups of people who may be at risk of developing dementia, crucial for targeting preventative interventions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535382
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Pesticide Applications in Bt Cotton Farms: Issues Relating to Environment and Non-Tariff Barriers
Lalitha, N.; K, Viswanathan P - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper is undertaken to examine various aspects of farm level adoption of Bt cotton in Gujarat as well as explore issues relating to environment and non-tariff barriers affecting the cotton trade of India. [Working paper No. 198]. URL:[http://www.gidr.ac.in/pdf/Working%20Paper%20198.pdf].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323731
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The Complexity of Immigrant Generations: Implications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Integration of Hispanics and Asians
Duncan, Brian; Trejo, Stephen J - eSocialSciences - 2012
Much of the socioeconomic mobility achieved by U.S. immigrant families takes place across rather than within generations. When assessing the long-term integration of immigrants, it is therefore important to analyze differences not just between the foreign-born and U.S-born, but also across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493954
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Mexican Swine Flu—A New Threat to Humanity
Ghatak, Shambhu - eSocialSciences - 2009
The article provides information pertaining to the recent outbreak of "swine flu", which has spread beyond Mexico and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250498
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VIllage Economics and the Structure of Extended Family Networks
Angelucci, Manuela; Giorgi, Giacomo de; Rangel, Marcos A; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper documents how the structure of extended family networks in rural Mexico relates to the poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512432