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overcome poverty and advance economic growth. For these countries, climate change threatens to deepen vulnerabilities, erode … general equilibrium model, this paper argues that climate change will negatively affect agricultural productivity in Africa … opportunity for African economies. As latecomers, Africa has indeed an opportunity to be at the forefront of the green revolution …
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water treatment plant can be re-used for irrigation in small scale agriculture to enhance food security and/or generate … consider water as related to other resources (land, energy, nutrients) and other fields of sustainability such as poverty …-Etosha Basin along with the conditions for urban agriculture is outlined. This is followed by the discussion of the potentials for …
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low-magnitude changes in transaction costs in the agricultural sector have an impact on poverty. …
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A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...
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-specific and microeconomic survey-based approaches is on 52 African countries. ‘Mobile phone’-oriented poverty reduction channels …
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. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least developed of any continent after Antarctica. Yet, Africa is rich in natural … possible for Africa prosperity to emerge in the 21st century. …
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representative household surveys in Africa, this paper suggests that when compared with public providers on a broad macro scale, FIIs …
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’-oriented poverty reduction channels are discussed. …
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This study complements the inclusive growth literature by examining the determinants and consequences of the middle class in a continent where economic growth has been relatively high. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 33 African countries for a 2010 cross-sectional study. OLS,...
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Central Africa, as well as simulations of the impact that changes in producer prices may have on poverty. …World cotton prices have been declining in the past decade and farmers in West and Central Africa have been especially … newly available household surveys have permitted the estimation of measures of poverty among cotton producers in West and …
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