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The bias against agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa : has it survived 20 years of structural adjustment programs?
Thiele, Rainer - 2002
This paper deals with the question of whether the discrimination against agriculture that prevailed in Sub …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495498
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Estimating the impact of climate change on agricultural production : accounting for technology heterogeneity across countries
Exenberger, Andreas; Pondorfer, Andreas; Wolters, Maik H. - 2014
frequency of droughts. The latter two effects are particularly strong in Sub-Sahara Africa where low-tech rain-fed agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348298
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Measuring the benefit-cost ratio of public IPM technology transfer programs : an optimal control framework and an application to Nepalese agriculture
Wiebelt, Manfred - 2000
agriculture to illustrate the dynamic adoption process for IPM. The results indicate that public IPM technology transfer programs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477074
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Price incentives, non-price factors, and agricultural production in Sub-Saharan Africa : a cointegration analysis
Thiele, Rainer - 2002
This paper deals with the question of how responsive farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are to changes in incentives. Employing Johansen's multivariate cointegration approach, it investigates for ten selected SSA countries the long-run effect of pricing policies, macroeconomic distortions, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490315
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Cross-country evidence on the determinants of preferences for redistribution
Grimalda, Gianluca; Pipke, David - 2021
largest in the US but insignificant in Italy and Slovenia. Trust in government has a negative effect on demand for … UK and Slovenia. Finally, discrimination of racial minorities is associated with lower demand for redistribution, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585012
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The effectiveness of capital controls : the case of Slovenia
Buch, Claudia M.; Hanschel, Elke - 1999
Similar to Chile in the 1990s, Slovenia has introduced an unremunerated reserve requirement (URR) on financial credits … other transition economies, Slovenia has raised less short-term bank credit from abroad. Moreover, there are indications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475657
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Climate change impacts on global agriculture
Calzadilla, Alvaro; Rehdanz, Katrin; Betts, Richard A.; … - 2010
global agriculture. The analysis uses the new version of the GTAP-W model, which distinguishes between rainfed and irrigated … agriculture and implements water as an explicit factor of production for irrigated agriculture. The results suggest that a partial … General Equilibrium ; Climate Change ; Agriculture ; Water Resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961221
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Is organic farming worth its investment? : the adoption and impact of certified pineapple farming in Ghana
Kleemann, Linda; Abdulai, Awudu; Buss, Mareike - 2013
Global food markets demand the adoption of food standards by small-scale farmers in developing countries when they enter international markets. While a conventional certification with GlobalGAP can be a market entry condition for conventional food, especially for horticultural products, organic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771195
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Social capital and large-scale agricultural investments : an experimental investigation in Zambia
Khadjavi, Menusch; Sipangule, Kacana; Thiele, Rainer - 2016
externalities on cooperation, which are likely to be driven by increased exposure to more market-oriented forms of agriculture. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557902
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Adaptation to climate change and climate variability : do it now or wait and see?
Narita, Daiju; Quaas, Martin F. - 2012
As growing attention is paid to climate change adaptation as an actual policy issue, the significant meaning of climate variability in adaptation decisions is beginning to be recognized. By using a real option framework, we shed light on how climate change and climate variability affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009672342