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Opportunities and constraints in agriculture: A gendered analysis of cocoa production in Southern Cameroon
Kumase, Wokia-azi N.; Bisseleua, Herve; Klasen, Stephan - 2010
In this paper we examine gender differences in cocoa production in Cameroon using a survey of about 1000 cocoa … producers in Southern Cameroon. We find that women farmers have access to land (of similar size to men), but through different … women farmers are a reality in Cameroon that need equal access to inputs and technologies, and support. If given equal …
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Farmer participation in supermarket channels and technical efficiency: The case of vegetable production in Kenya
Rao, Elizaphan J.O.; Qaim, Matin - 2009
Supermarkets and high-value exports are currently gaining ground in the agri-food systems of many developing countries. While recent research has analyzed income effects in the small farm sector, impacts on farming efficiency have hardly been studied. Using a survey of Kenyan vegetable growers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329941
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Endogenous Institutional Change and Economic Development: A Micro-Level Analysis of Transmission Channels
Grimm, Michael; Klasen, Stephan - 2009
There is a well-known debate about the role of institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. We believe there is value-added to consider the institutions hypothesis at the micro level within a country to analyze the exact transmission channels linking endogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329965
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The Ancillary Carbon Benefits of SO2 Reductions from a Small-Boiler Policy in Taiyuan, PRC
Krupnick, Alan; Morgenstern, Richard; Zhang, Xuehua - 2002
To reduce carbon emissions worldwide, it makes sense to consider the possibility of developed countries paying for carbon reductions in developing countries. Developing countries may be interested in such activities if the ancillary air pollution benefits are large. This paper reports on an RFF...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232897
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Shade-Grown Coffee: Simulation and Policy Analysis for Coastal Oaxaca, Mexico
Blackman, Allen; Albers, Heidi; Batz, Michael; … - 2005
Shade-grown coffee provides a livelihood to many farmers, protects biodiversity, and creates environmental services. Many shade-coffee farmers have abandoned production in recent years, however, in response to declines in international coffee prices. This paper builds a farmer decision model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232902
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Maquiladoras, Air Pollution, and Human Health in Ciudad Juarez and El Paso
Blackman, Allen; Batz, Michael; Evans, David - 2003
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, is home to the U.S.–Mexico border’s largest maquiladora labor force, and also its worst air pollution. We marshal two types of evidence to examine the link between maquiladoras and air pollution in Ciudad Juárez, and in its sister city, El Paso, Texas. First, we...
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REDD in Design: Assessment of Planned First-Generation Activities in Indonesia
Myers Madeira, Erin - 2009
Much of the guidance about potential impacts of reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) speculates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497180
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Inequality in emissions: Evidence from Indonesian households
Irfany, Mohammad Iqbal - 2015
Although the literature on emission inequality is abundant, this study will differentiate itself by focusing on emission inequalities at the household level due to the disparity in household expenditure profiles. We further separate measures on emission inequality based on household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282626
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Affluence and emission trade-offs: Evidence from Indonesian household carbon footprint
Irfany, M. Iqbal - 2014
The objectives of this study are to analyze the household carbon footprint pattern in Indonesia and to analyze the determinants of the growing carbon footprint in this emerging economy. To measure the household emissions, we combine national input-output, emission database to generate sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392367
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Land Cover in a Managed Forest Ecosystem: Mexican Shade Coffee
Blackman, Allen; Albers, Heidi; Sartorio, Beatriz; … - 2003
Managed forest ecosystems—agroforestry systems in which crops such as coffee and bananas are planted side-by-side with woody perennials—are being touted as a means of safeguarding forests along with the ecological services they provide. Yet we know little about the determinants of land cover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005442330