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Realizing the gains from trade : export crops, marketing costs, and poverty

Balat, Jorge F. - 2007

"This paper explores the role of export costs in the process of poverty reduction in rural Africa. We claim that the marketing costs that emerge when the commercialization of export crops requires intermediaries can lead to lower participation into export cropping and, thus, to higher poverty....

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Realizing the Gains From Trade : Export Crops, Marketing Costs, and Poverty

Balat, Jorge - 2007

This paper explores the role of export costs in the process of poverty reduction in rural Africa. We claim that the marketing costs that emerge when the commercialization of export crops requires intermediaries can lead to lower participation into export cropping and, thus, to higher poverty. We...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465255

Non-Contributory Pensions

Galiani, Sebastian - 2014

The creation of non-contributory pension schemes is becoming increasingly common as countries struggle to reduce poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) - a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural adults over 70 years of age - we evaluate the effects of...

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The Possibilities For Global Poverty Reduction Using Revenues From Global Carbon Pricing

Davies, James B. - 2011

product. High growth in India and China is the major equalizing force globally over time, but the incremental redistributive …

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Level versus Equivalent Intensity Carbon Mitigation Commitments

Tian, Huifang - 2009

Large population / rapidly growing economies such as China and India have argued that in the upcoming UNFCCC …

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China's Nationwide CO2 Emissions Trading System : A General Equilibrium Assessment

Goulder, Lawrence H.; Long, Xianling; Qu, Chenfei; Zhang, Da - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

China's recently launched CO2 emissions trading system, already the world's largest, aims to contribute importantly … structure and results from a multi-sector, multi-period equilibrium model tailored to evaluate China's TPS. The model … incorporates distinctive features of China's economy, including state-owned enterprises and electricity market regulation. It …

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Globalization and Poverty

Harrison, Ann - 2006

This essay surveys the evidence on the linkages between globalization and poverty. I focus on two measures of globalization: trade and international capital flows. Past researchers have argued that global economic integration should help the poor since poor countries have a comparative advantage...

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My Policies or Yours : Does OECD Support for Agriculture Increase Poverty in Developing Countries?

McMillan, Margaret - 2005

This paper investigates the impact of rich-country agricultural support on the poor. Using non-parametric analysis we establish that the majority of poor countries are consistently net importers of food products that are heavily supported by OECD governments. Using a cross-country regression...

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Getting Inside the "Black Box" of Head Start Quality : What Matters and What Doesn't?

Currie, Janet - 2003

Critics of Head Start contend that many programs spend too much money on programs extraneous to education. On the other hand, Head Start advocates argue that severely disadvantaged children need a broad range of services. Given the available evidence, it has been impossible to assess the...

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Social Protection and Economic Development : Are the Poorest Being Lifted-Up or Left-Behind?

Ravallion, Martin - 2018

Standard measures of poverty may reveal nothing about whether the poorest of the poor are being lifted-up or left-behind, yet this is a widespread concern among policy makers and citizens. The paper assesses whether public spending on social protection benefits the poorest and hence lifts the...

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