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An analysis of technical efficiency of rice farmers in pakistani Punjab
Ahmad, Munir; Muhammad, Rafiq; Ali, Asgar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
This study uses stochastic Cobb-Douglas production frontier to estimate farm level technical efficiency of rice farms. Average technical efficiency of sampled farms was estimated to be 85 percent with a minimum of 57 percent and a maximum of 96 percent. The results further showed that the visits...
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Role of Remittances in Economic Development: An Empirical Study of World’s Two Most Remittances Dependent Pacific Island Economies
Jayaraman, T. K.; Choong, Chee-Keong; Kumar, Ronald - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Tonga on inward remittances is well known, as the two Polynesian island countries in recent years have been amongst the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295272
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When business meets aid: analysing public-private partnerships for international development (Development Policy Centre Discussion Paper 28)
Callan, Margaret; Davies, Robin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
International development agencies are increasingly looking to business as a partner in achieving development outcomes. Engaging business in development has become a central plank of many countries’ aid policies. However, the potential of public-private partnerships for development is still...
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Why inferential statistics are inappropriate for development studies and how the same data can be better used
Ballinger, Clint - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The purpose of this paper is twofold: 1) to highlight the widely ignored but fundamental problem of ‘superpopulations’ for the use of inferential statistics in development studies. We do not to dwell on this problem however as it has been sufficiently discussed in older papers by...
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Assessing the Millennium Challenge Corporation as a Model for Foreign Assistance Reform
Prud'homme, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This study assesses the effectiveness of different administrative models of US foreign assistance, with a unique focus on one that hypothetically channels more DFA-administered funds through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The study finds several limitations with this model, and so...
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Projektvurdering i u-lande
Tarp, Finn - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992
Quantitative project analysis drifted out of focus in academia during the 1980’s. Nevertheless, discrete projects remain the bulk of international development assistance. The present state of affairs is outlined: the application of basic principles is examined in case-context; and serious...
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Systematic Reviews: Questions, Methods and Usage
Hansen, Henrik; Trifkovic, Neda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
While their application in the context of development aid is quite new, systematic reviews have been used and debated in other fields for various decades. Although evidence gathering and synthesis in the context of development aid inarguably faces challenges distinct from other fields, it is...
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Competitiveness of agro-food and environmental economy
Popescu, Gabriel; Istudor, Nicolae; Boboc, Dan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Verona – Italy, Institute of Agricultural Economics- Serbia, Faculty of Agriculture Zemun- Serbia, Institute of Agricultural …
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Sustainable agriculture and rural development in terms of the republic of Serbia strategic goals realization within the Danube region. Achieving regional competitiveness
Cvijanović, Drago; Subić, Jonel; Andrei, Jean - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
International Scientific Conference „SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA … scientific research on the integrated and interdisciplinary project no. III 46006 „SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT … Conference „SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA STRATEGIC GOALS REALIZATION WITHIN …
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The Economics of Climate Change and Science of Global Warming Debate:African Perspectives
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
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