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Macroeconomics and Famine
International Monetary Fund - 1989
The aim of the paper is to shift the focus of famine analysis away from food supply towards the macroeconomic determinants of food entitlement—i.e., to the ability of individuals to purchase food. Towards this end, we develop a model to demonstrate how loose monetary and fiscal policies may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396163
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Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation : Rice Tariffs Versus Targeted Transfers in Madagascar
Dorosh, Paul A. - 2008
implications of rice tariffs and targeted transfers in Madagascar, especially in the context of identifying their respective roles … mainly to higher income households. In addition, poor net rice sellers will lose from lower tariffs. Developing a system of … costeffective approach to poverty alleviation. Such an approach should be financed by switching revenue raising from rice tariffs to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401437
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Supply chains and port congestion around the world
Komaromi, Andras; Cerdeiro, Diego A.; Liu, Yang - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169912
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Initial output losses from the Covid-19 pandemic : robust determinants
Furceri, Davide; Ganslmeier, Michael; Ostry, Jonathan David - 2021
fractionalization and more democratic regimes. With respect to the first factor, lower resilience of poorer countries reflects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517923
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Feeling the heat : climate shocks and credit ratings
Cevik, Serhan; Jalles, João Tovar - 2020
regards to climate change resilience, we find that countries with greater climate change resilience benefit from higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012486104
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An apocalypse foretold : climate shocks and sovereign defaults
Cevik, Serhan; Jalles, João Tovar - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392493
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Perfect storm : climate change and tourism
Cevik, Serhan; Ghazanchyan, Manuk - 2020
While the world's attention is on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change remains a greater existential threat to vulnerable countries that are highly dependent on a weather-sensitive sector like tourism. Using a novel multidimensional index, this study investigates the long-term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392570
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This changes everything : climate shocks and sovereign bonds
Cevik, Serhan; Jalles, João Tovar - 2020
therefore investigates the impact of climate change vulnerability and resilience on sovereign bond yields and spreads in 98 … advanced and developing countries over the period 1995-2017. We find that the vulnerability and resilience to climate change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251897
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Macroeconomic gains from reforming the agri-food sector : the case of France
Batini, Nicoletta - 2019
France is the top agricultural producer in the European Union (EU), and agriculture plays a prominent role in the country's foreign trade and intermediate exchanges. Reflecting production volumes and methods, the sector, however, also generates significant negative environmental and public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009390
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Income versus prices : how does the business cycle affect food (in)-security?
Bogmans, Christian; Pescatori, Andrea; Prifti, Ervin - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796716