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Structural Change in Argentina, 1935-60 : The Role of Import Substitution and Factor Endowments

Debowicz, Dario - 2013

This paper investigates structural change in Argentina between 1935 and 1960, a period of rapid industrialization and of relative decline of the agricultural sector. This has been the subject of a long-running debate that has exercised Argentine economists throughout the twentieth century, and...

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Structural Change in Argentina, 1935-1960 : The Role of Import Substitution and Factor Endowments

Debowicz, Dario; Segal, Paul - 2012

This paper investigates structural change in Argentina between 1935 and 1960, a period of rapid industrialization and of relative decline of the agricultural sector. This has been the subject of a longrunning debate that has exercised Argentine economists throughout the twentieth century, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164776

The Cost of Transporting Cereals in West Africa

Mercier, Stephanie - 2018

This study examines transportation alternatives for moving cereals into position for storage under the West African Food Security Regional Reserve agreed to by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in 2013, for which cereals were first procured in 2017. It describes the...

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Managing Risk with Insurance and Savings : Experimental Evidence for Male and Female Farm Managers in West Africa

Delavallade, Clara; Dizon, Felipe; Hill, Ruth Vargas; … - 2015

While there is a fast-growing policy interest in offering financial products to help rural households manage risk, the literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance policy, this paper investigates which financial...

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Is More Inclusive More Effective? The 'New-Style' Public Distribution System in India

Kishore, Avinash - 2015

In September 2013, the Parliament of India enacted the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which entitles two-thirds of India's population to 5 kg of rice, wheat, or coarse cereals per person per month at 1 to 3 Indian rupees (Rs) per kg. Foreshadowing the possible impact of this comprehensive...

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Making Pulses Affordable Again : Policy Options from the Farm to Retail in India

Joshi, P. K. - 2016

Rising prices and declining consumption of pulses cause concern in terms of both nutrition and food inflation in India. This paper outlines policy strategies to increase the availability of pulses at affordable prices in India and also points out limitations of some of the most common...

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Entitlement Fetching or Snatching? Effects of Arbitrage on India's Public Distribution System

Chakrabarti, Suman - 2017

Would households be able to buy more subsidized grains from a food-based safety-net program if the difference between prices in the program and in the open market were to increase? This is an important question for safety-net programs anywhere in the world, but particularly so for the public...

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Effects of COVID-19 Restrictions on Mechanization Service Providers and Mechanization Equipment Retailers : Insights from Phone Surveys in Myanmar

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Masias, Ian; Win, Myat Thida; Phoo … - 2021

COVID-19 continues to plague global food security not only directly through health effects but also indirectly through responses that restrict key economic functions of the agri-food sector. Despite the growing literature on the effects of COVID-19 on the agri-food sector, evidence on certain...

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The Partially Liberalized Cocoa Sector in Ghana : Producer Price Determination, Quality Control, and Service Provision

Kolavalli, Shashidhara - 2013

The cocoa sector in Ghana is one of few examples of an export commodity sector in an African country that has withstood … Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the current institutional arrangement is able to pass on a significant share of export prices … to farmers, a key objective of the liberalization of commodity markets in Africa. As Ghana continues to capitalize on its …

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Cities and Rural Transformation : A Spatial Analysis of Rural Youth Livelihoods in Ghana

Diao, Xinshen - 2017

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