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Coerced labor in the cotton sector : how global commodity prices (don't) transmit to the poor

Danzer, Alexander M.; Grundke, Robert - 2016

's geographic variation in the suitability for cotton production combined with a surge in the world market price of cotton in 2010 … command political capital to coerce workers. The expansion in land attributed to cotton production led to increases in labor … demand and wages for cotton pickers; however, the price hike benefits only workers on entrepreneurial private farms, whereas …

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Concept and unintended consequences of weather index insurance : the case of Mexico

Fuchs, Alan; Wolff, Hendrik - 2011

Recently, Weather Index Insurance (WII) has received considerable attention as a tool to insure farmers against weather related risks, particularly in developing countries. Donor organizations, local governments, insurance companies, development economists as well as agricultural economists are...

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Trade and migration with renewable natural resources : out-of-steady-state dynamics

López, Ramón; Schiff, Maurice W. - 2010

Commodity price increases associated with the entry of China, India and other countries into the world economy has led …

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The impact of body mass index on growth, schooling, productivity, and savings: a cross-country study

Tansel, Aysıt; Öztürk, Ceyhan; Erdil, Erkan - 2021

We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability. Cognitive ability is represented by nutritional status. The proxy variable for nutritional status is BMI. We use the reduced form equation in the cubic specification of time...

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Agricultural credits and agricultural productivity : cross-country evidence

Seven, Unal; Tumen, Semih - 2020

We present cross-country evidence suggesting that agricultural credits have a positive impact on agricultural productivity. In particular, we find that doubling agricultural credits generates around 4-5 percent increase in agricultural productivity. We use two different agricultural production...

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Food aid and violent conflict : a review of literature

Koppenberg, Maximilian; Mishra, Ashok K.; Hirsch, Stefan - 2023

We decompose the relationship between food aid and conflict into the channels through which food aid can affect conflict. We address questions of methodological choice and estimation techniques for empirical studies. Our review of the empirical evidence on the effect of food aid on conflict...

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Access to land and tenancy practices on Tanah Bengkok: evidence from Java, Indonesia

Kurosaki, Takashi; Paul, Saumik; Witoelar, Firman - 2020

Tanah bengkok (bengkok land) in Java, Indonesia boasts a unique institution where elected village leaders receive usufruct rights to a parcel of land owned by the village, in lieu of salary. Despite its relevance to the political economy of land distribution in Java, unavailability of systematic...

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Can crop purchase programs reduce poverty and improve welfare in rural communities? : evidence from the food reserve agency in Zambia

Fung, Winnie; Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda; Mason, Nicole - 2015

The last decade has seen a resurgence of parastatal crop marketing institutions in sub-Saharan Africa, many of which cite improving food security and incomes as key goals. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the welfare effects of these programs. This article considers one such...

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An empirical study of the relationships between CO2 emissions, economic growth and openness

Choi, Eunho; Heshmati, Almes; Cho, Yongsung - 2010

its causal relationships with economic growth and openness by using time series data (1971-2006) from China (an emerging … characteristics, the estimated EKC show different temporal patterns. China shows an N-shaped curve while Japan has a U-shaped curve … it represents an inverted Ushaped curve, while China shows a U-shaped curve. We also analyze the dynamic relationships …

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A review of renewable energy supply and energy efficiency technologies

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...

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