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The Development Push of Refugees : Evidence from Tanzania
Maystadt, Jean Francois - 2015
Every year, thousands of people flee their country of origin to seek protection mainly in neighboring countries. Understanding better the consequences of temporary population shocks on hosting economies should help to guide policies to enhance resilience in emergency situations. This study...
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Reverse-Share-Tenancy and Marshallian Inefficiency : Landowners’ Bargaining Power and Sharecroppers’ Productivity
Hosaena Ghebru, Hagos - 2013
While there are ample empirical studies that claim the potential disincentive effects of sharecropping arrangements, the existing literature is shallow in explaining why share tenancy contracts are prevalent and diffusing in many developing countries. Using a unique tenant-landlord matched...
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Environmental Migration and Labor Markets in Nepal
Maystadt, Jean Francois; Mueller, Valerie; Sebastian, … - 2014
While an emerging literature cites weather shocks as major determinants of migration, scant evidence exists on how such migration impacts the labor markets of receiving communities in developing countries. We address this knowledge gap by investigating the impact of weather-driven internal...
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Structural Change in Argentina, 1935-60 : The Role of Import Substitution and Factor Endowments
Debowicz, Dario - 2013
relative decline of agriculture was due to the policies of import-substituting industrialization (ISI). This was also the …. We find that the declining land-labor ratio was more important than ISI in explaining relative stagnation in agriculture … agriculture …
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An Overview of Chinese Agricultural and Rural Engagement in Tanzania
Bräutigam, Deborah - 2013
clearer picture of Chinese activities in agriculture is important as a foundation for Africans and their development partners … to more fruitfully engage with an increasingly important actor. Chinese engagement in agriculture and rural development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088821
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The Road to Specialization in Agricultural Production : Evidence from Rural China
Qin, Yu - 2013
Because many rural poor live in areas far away from markets, we investigate whether better road access could help improve their livelihood and reduce rural poverty. We use three waves of a primary panel survey at the household level conducted in 18 remote natural villages in China to study how...
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Women's Empowerment in Agriculture and Dietary Quality Across the Life Course : Evidence from Bangladesh
Sraboni, Esha - 2018
's empowerment in agriculture and indicators of individual dietary quality. Our findings suggest that women's empowerment is …
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Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Nutritional Outcomes : Evidence From Six Countries in Africa and Asia
Quisumbing, Agnes - 2020
's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), a recent internationally-validated measure based on interviews of women and men within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834108
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WTO Dispute Settlement Cases Involving the Agreement on Agriculture, 1995–2019
Glauber, Joseph W. - 2020
A landmark achievement of the Uruguay Round, and notably, the Agreement on Agriculture, was the full inclusion of … agriculture in multilateral rules and disciplines. Since the birth of World Trade Organization (WTO), a significant number of … member countries have used the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM) for resolving the disputes in agriculture. The DSM has …
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Changing Composition of Private Investment in Indian Agriculture and Its Relationship With Public Investment and Input Subsidies
Kumar, Anjani - 2020
assess its relationship with public investment in agriculture. Amidst sizeable ups and downs, the magnitude and rate of … growth in private investment in agriculture has gained momentum from 2000s except in Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and … formation in farm business, is evident in agriculturally advanced states. Within agriculture, relatively higher investments in …
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