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Eggs Before Chickens? Assessing Africa's Livestock Revolution with an Example from Ghana
Andam, Kwaw - 2018
This paper analyzes the impacts of adopting restrictive import policies for chicken meat in Ghana, which would be like the policies adopted in Nigeria. A prohibitive tariff stimulates domestic chicken meat production but also imposes significant costs on consumers and encourages illicit trade....
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Nonlinear Dynamics of Livestock Assets : Evidence from Ethiopia
Van Campenhout, Bjorn; Dercon, Stefan - 2013
Recent research on the intertemporal dynamics of poverty using microeconomic data often hints at the existence of poverty traps, where some find themselves trapped at a low-level stable equilibrium while others enjoy a higher stable equilibrium. Without a sizable positive shock to well-being,...
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Gender Roles and Food Safety in 20 Informal Livestock and Fish Value Chains
Grace, Delia; Roesel, Kristina; Kang’ethe, Erastus; … - 2016
Food-borne disease remains a major public health challenge in Africa and Asia. Most of the foods that carry the highest pathogen risk are produced by smallholder farmers, marketed through the informal sector, and sold in wet markets. Given the significant role of informal markets in African and...
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Can German Vocational Training Combat Skill Shortages in Developing Countries? Evidence from Dual Training System in the Philippines
Yamauchi, Futoshi - 2018
This paper estimates the impacts of the Philippine Dual Training System (DTS) on labor market outcomes using a recent survey that tracked graduates from DTS and non-DTS programs provided by vocational training institutes. DTS programs partner with local employers to combine on-the-job training...
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Green Growth Strategy : The Economywide Impact of Promoting Renewable Power Generation in the Philippines
Pradesha, Angga - 2019
This study assesses the economywide impact of promoting renewable power generation by targeting a 50 percent share of renewables in energy production by 2040. Using a novel approach by linking a bottom-up energy model with a top-down economywide model, we found that increasing the share of...
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Distributional Impact of the Rice Tariffication Policy in the Philippines
Balié, Jean - 2020
In March 2019, the government of the Philippines promulgated a bill called the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). It has …
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Exploring Transformational Adaptation Strategy through Rice Policy Reform in the Philippines
Pradesha, Angga - 2019
The Philippines is much more prone to climate change effects than are many other countries. The potential impact on the … agriculture sector is of particular concern, given its vital role in the economy and for vulnerable households. Most research … approach for adaptation strategies by exploring policy reform in agriculture as a transformative way to help economic agents …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088812
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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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