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This study investigates the impacts of climate change on mean and variance of crop yields in Ethiopia over a period of …
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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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This paper examines the impact of climatic change on the level of total agricultural production of Sub-Sahara Africa … (SSA) and non-Sub-Sahara Africa (NSSA) developing countries. In doing so it uses a new cross-country panel climatic dataset …
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African societies exported more slaves in colder years. Lower temperatures reduced mortality and raised agricultural yields, lowering slave supply costs. Our results help explain African participation in the slave trade, which predicts adverse outcomes today. We use an annual panel of African...
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African societies exported more slaves in colder years. Lower temperatures reduced mortality and raised agricultural yields, lowering the cost of supplying slaves. Our results help explain African participation in the slave trade, which is associated with adverse outcomes today. We merge annual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110014
Southern Sudan - the ten southern provinces of Sudan - has attained autonomy and may soon achieve total independence … from Sudan. Yet decades of civil war not only prevented development but destroyed the infrastructure left over from the … colonial period. While Southern Sudan is fortunate to have oil resources that can finance building up the new nation, the task …
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consumption expenditure growth in Ethiopia. We find that: 1) households’ consumption expenditure growth is positively correlated …
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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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This paper suggests a theoretical model of inclusive green growth. Paper analyses development mechanism through which natural resource capital regenerates (or at least non-degrade) and contributes to economic growth. Climate change is a threat to save natural resources which is a crucial...
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Every nation of the world confirms that human-related greenhouse gas emissions are the major driver of the present global climate change. About 20% populations of the world live in China and the emissions of greenhouse gases of it are very high due to the large population, inefficient capital...
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