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The objective of this note is to provide insights into the potential effect of the adaptation protocol (AP) on imports of European Union (EU) agricultural, food and fisheries products into Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). We adapt and calibrate the Tariff Reform Impact Simulation Tool (TRIST), a...
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Mozambique, the only Lusophone country covered in the agribusiness indicators initiative, has had a turbulent history …
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Agriculture and agribusiness play an important role in the Zambian economy, contributing around 20 percent of gross … objective of the Zambia agribusiness indicators (ABI) country report is to examine factors that have affected agricultural … policy and enabling environment for agribusiness development …
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Cyprus joined the European Union (EU) in 2004 as a de-facto divided island. The agriculture sector is an important driver for the Turkish Cypriot (TC) economy. The sector has significant linkages to other economic sectors, such as food processing and tourism. Manufacturing, which includes...
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contribution of the agriculture sector to the country's economic growth and diversification, employment creation, poverty reduction …
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Building on the recent literature on finance, growth and hunger, we have examined the experience of Asian countries over the last five decades, using dynamic panel models. Although the results are mixed, depending on the specification and variables used, there is some evidence favouring a...
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significantly the prospects of achieving MDG 1 of halving poverty in Asia and the Pacific Region. As more than a few countries in … poverty threshold of US$1.25 per day (at 2005 PPP) for assessing progress towards MDG1 is not so compelling now. Accordingly …, the present assessment uses two poverty thresholds: US$2 per day and US$1.25 per day (both at 2005 PPP). Our analysis …
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appear to have a negative impact on poverty. Our empirical evidence shows that growth performance was significantly lower …
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and long-term linkages among growth in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, inequality and poverty. Agricultural … growth is found to be the most important factor in reducing inequality and poverty. The role of agricultural growth in … extreme poverty, and towards revival of agriculture in the post-2015 policy discourse. …
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poverty can be reduced in the country. That notwithstanding, the country's agricultural production system is one of the least … contribute to poverty reduction, including assessing the drivers of, and identifying the constraints to, increasing agricultural … the limited public funds more strategically and better correspond with local poverty. The findings from this study …
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