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The present study applies purpose-built dynamic computable general equilibrium models for Ghana and Kenya with a disaggregated country-specific representation of the power sector to simulate the prospective medium-run growth and distributional implications associated with a shift towards a...
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Building upon earlier work by Willenbockel (2013; MPRA Paper No.51501), this study provides an extended ex-ante computable general equilibrium (CGE) assessment of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement between the member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the East African...
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An alternative theoretical setting is presented to characterise the money demand and the monetary equilibrium. Two main hypotheses are stated that contradict the assumptions normally sustained by scholars and policy-makers: National output is assumed to be a random variable, and people are...
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The National Bioenergy Investment Model is a scenario model that simulates the decisions of domestic and international investors on whether to invest in biofuel enterprises in a developing country. In the model, investors compare the profitability of different biofuel feedstock and fuel...
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unambiguously show that food inflation was pushing up total inflation, even despite the provision of food subsidies by national …
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little effect was felt by food markets. After 2007 ethanol’s demand for corn will begin to weigh on food markets as reduced …
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This paper examines the impacts of the financial, food and fuel crises on the livelihoods of low-income households … substitution for lower quality food, increasing the intensity of work, withdrawing children from school – especially girls – and …
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for future CO re-search in the food sector. …
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The author shows that although some short term factors have contributed to the recent food crisis in developing … developing countries further. The result would be intensification of dependence of lower-income countries on food imports …
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In this study, the focus is on analyzing food demand behaviors in Malaysia. To be more specific, this study intends to … estimate demand elasticities for twelve food categories with incorporation of food quality effects in the demand analyses. This … food categories, especially meat, fish, vegetables, oils and fats, and fruits. The own-price elasticities for rice, eggs …
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