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The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern …. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are …. -- climate change ; agriculture ; food security ; crop model ; CGE model ; Tanzania …
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Many low income countries in Africa are optimistic that producing biofuels domestically will not only reduce their … needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …
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jobs. We combine household survey data from 12 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Latin America, and sub …-Saharan Africa with geospatial data on population density, and estimate simultaneous probit models of different activity choices …
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an ex-ante measure. In this paper, we disentangle the direct effect of weather shocks on income from agriculture from the …
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Prioritizing public investments requires information on relative returns that are difficult to derive from disparate evaluation studies. This paper presents a 'hybrid' approach that combines ex post evaluation data with an economy-wide model for experimenting ex ante with alternative investment...
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change ; uncertainty ; stochastic simulation ; CGE model ; agriculture ; Bangladesh …
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product (GDP) from 1998 to 2007 was less rapid than in other parts of the economy, agriculture also performed well, growing … accelerate growth and poverty reduction, Ethiopia’s national strategy affords an important role to agriculture as a source of … both growth and development for the broader economy. This is essential given that agriculture is an income source for most …
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