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Poverty, Inequality and Subjective Quality of Life in Rural Russia during the Transition to a Market Economy: 1991â€“2006

O'Brien, David John; Wegren, Stephen K.; Patsiorkvosky, … - In: Poverty & Public Policy 3 (2011) 2, pp. 4-4

Abstract Survey data is used to examine the relationship between changes in indicators of poverty and inequality in … of changes in incidences of poverty and inequality on the overall mental health of the rural population is …

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The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Interdisciplinary Research in Agriculture

Duffy, Patricia A.; Guertal, Elizabeth A.; Muntifering, … - In: Journal of Agribusiness 15 (1997) 2

Increasingly, interdisciplinary research is being touted as a way to solve real-life problems of interest to the taxpayers who support research at public universities. The purpose of this paper is to examine the benefits of interdisciplinary agricultural research involving economists and natural...

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Cash Wheat Marketing: Strategies for Real People

Brorsen, B. Wade; Anderson, Kim B. - In: Journal of Agribusiness 12 (1994) 2

A new paradigm is needed in extension marketing programs. Attempts to help producers time the market, either through cask sales or futures trading, appear to be of little benefit. Marketing extension programs need to place less emphasis on outlook and futures trading and more emphasis on simple...

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Review of One Illness Away: Why People Become Poor and How They Escape Poverty

Yamoah, Afia B. - In: Poverty & Public Policy 3 (2011) 2, pp. 11-11

Afia B. Yamoah reviews One Illness Away: Why People Become Poor and How They Escape Poverty, by Anirudh … Krishna. Krishna argues that poverty policy needs to address reasons why people become poor and how they can escape poverty. …

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The Two Poverty Enlightenments: Historical Insights from Digitized Books Spanning Three Centuries

Ravallion, Martin - In: Poverty & Public Policy 3 (2011) 2, pp. 2-2

suggests that only the second came with a widespread belief that poverty could and should be eliminated. After the first … Poverty Enlightenment, references to â€œpovertyâ€ (as a percentage of all words) were on a trend decline until 1960, after … references to both general and specific policies relevant to poverty. Developing countries also became more prominent in the …

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