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CONTEXT -- A Brief History of U.S. Agriculture -- INPUTS, OUTPUTS AND PRODUCTIVITY -- Agricultural Inputs … -- Agricultural Outputs -- Agricultural Productivity Patterns -- AGRICULTURAL R&D FUNDING AND POLICIES -- Research Funding and … Performance -- The Federal Role -- MODELS OF R&D AND PRODUCTIVITY -- Research Lags and Spillovers -- Models of Research and …

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Digitalization in Open Economies : Theory and Policy Implications

Vogelsang, Michael - 2010

Characteristics of the Digital Economy -- Digitalization -- Economic Theory -- Theoretical Foundations -- Networks in a Fragmentation Model -- IT Services in a General Equilibrium Macro-Model -- Model: Entry of a Digital Goods Producer -- Comparison of the Models -- Economic Policy -- General...

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International Competitiveness in Africa : Policy Implications in the Sub-Saharan Region

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policy and productivity-related policy. … Sub-Saharan African economies: exchange rate policy and productivity-related policy …

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The Value Chain of Foreign Aid : Development, Poverty Reduction, and Regional Conditions

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This book assesses the prospects of official development assistance (ODA) for poverty reduction. It analyzes the entire value chain of ODA, including provision, allocation and utilization. Within each of these components, coverage examines scope and limits of aid. The horizontal interactions...

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Macroeconomic Risk Management Against Natural Disasters : Analysis focussed on governments in developing countries

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Development Aid : A Fresh Look

Mavrotas, George (ed.); McGillivray, Mark (ed.) - 2009

This book addresses several gaps in knowledge of aid allocation and effectiveness and provides new analytical insights. Topics covered include the interface between aid allocation and perceptions of aid effectiveness, the year-on-year volatility of aid and evaluation of the country-level impacts...

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Employment Guarantee Schemes : Job Creation and Policy in Developing Countries and Emerging Markets

Murray, Michael J. (ed.); Forstater, Mathew (ed.) - 2013

Employment Generation Schemes directs attention to challenges and opportunities of enacting direct job creation policies in developing countries and BRICS, including: China, Ghana, Argentina, and India. This exciting new volume investigates how the Job Guarantee might interface with other policy...