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The paper examines the farm level performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation as against the traditional method. The role of NGOs in raising awareness among farmers about the SRI technique as also of agricultural extension services in general. [Working Paper...
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because their traditional ‘slash and burn’ agriculture is becoming increasingly unsustainable. Farmers in these communities have to farm more intensively and this is causing a whole host of environmental and social problems. This challenge is not limited to this region, but is being...
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all, it compares the technical efficiency of foreign affiliates of multinational enterprises (FAs) against the domestic … determinants of technical efficiency between FAs and DFs. Finally, it examines the presence (or absence) of efficiency spillovers … these issues, the firm- and year-specific technical efficiency is computed by estimating a stochastic frontier production …
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regarding the expansion of the by examining technical efficiency (TE) of individual leather producing firms for some selected …
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-based sharing of liability. In this paper, we explore the economic efficiency of liability rules based on comparative vigilance. We … necessary for efficiency. However we develop a liability rule, which we call the “super-symmetric rule,†that is both … accident losses into two parts: one part creates incentives for efficiency; the other part provides equity. [Working Paper No …
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Health economics is increasingly recognized as a discipline that has much to offer developing countries in addressing these problems, but how can it help? What economic concepts and tools can be applied to the health sector? A wider understanding of the discipline is required if it is to support...
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This paper attempts to address both theoretical and practical considerations for a tax such as financial transactions taxes (FTT). It includes examples of FTT in the wider context, for example, on stocks and derivatives, currency transactions, and tangible property. Most of the discussion...
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about the economic efficiency of the entire operation. At the same time, there is high incidence of malnutrition and rising …
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in the support of low quality workers. For these workers it is equal in efficiency to the other search channels. …
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This study measures the efficiency of Indian states in raising health outcomes, using the stochastic frontier …
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