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The impact of commercialization of rice on household welfare in rural Viet Nam
Cazzuffi, Chiara; McKay, Andrew D.; Perge, Emilie - 2018
The past 30 years have seen a consistent increase in agricultural commercialization in rural Viet Nam, at the same time when rural residents have moved increasingly into non-agricultural activities. The contribution of the latter to welfare improvement and poverty reduction is well known; in...
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Aid for agriculture and rural development in the global south: A changing landscape with new players and challenges
Chimhowu, Admos - 2013
-traditional bilateral donors, private sector foundations and venture capital finance. The paper argues that these 'new' actors, often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319922
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Can commercial farming promote rural dynamism in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Mozambique
Glover, Steven M.; Jones, Sam - 2016
The impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-Saharan Africa remains controversial. Bringing evidence to a largely anecdotal debate, we deploy a dataset covering all commercial farms in Mozambique, linking them to a nationally representative survey of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653932
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Potential biofuel feedstocks and production in Zambia
Samboko, Paul C.; Subakanya, Mitelo; Dlamini, Cliff - 2017
the biofuels industry in Zambia, as a land-abundant country, for the local and wider Southern African market. It …
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Land, environment and climate: Contributing to the global public good
Hertel, Thomas W. - 2013
, poverty and environmental indicators will become increasingly valuable to both public and private decision makers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333671
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Integrating clean energy use in national poverty reduction strategies: Opportunities and challenges in Rwanda's Girinka programme
Ezeanya, Chika; Kennedy, Abel - 2016
The disappearance of Rwanda' forests and attendant change in climatic conditions prompted the government to explore clean energy alternatives such as biogas. Unlike at any other time in Rwanda's history, more and more Rwandans in rural areas are becoming owners of cattle because of Government of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532351
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Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania
Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh; Ngasamiaku, Wilhelm; … - 2018
In this paper we study the impact of tenure security on rural to urban migration of household members over the age of 15. Using three waves of the Tanzanian National Panel Survey (NPS) data, we show that tenure security is associated with lower probability of migration in rural Tanzania. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146455
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Agribusinesses, smallholder tenure security, and plot-level investments: Evidence from rural Tanzania
Sipangule, Kacana - 2017
The last decade has witnessed an increase in the interest in agricultural land in developing countries. While a great deal of attention has been paid to understanding the impacts of this increased interest in agricultural land, very little is known about how local smallholder communities are...
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Legal empowerment of the poor through property rights reform: Tensions and trade-offs of land registration and titling in sub-Saharan Africa
Boone, Catherine - 2017
who push for the market-enhancing and aggregate growth-promoting commodification of property rights, whereby market forces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654031
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Can a populist political party bear the risk of granting complete property rights? Electoral outcomes of Mexico's second land reform
de Janvry, Alain; Gonzalez-Navarro, Marco; Sadoulet, … - 2011
to relate directly to the market. We analyse the impact on political behaviour of switching from incomplete to complete … shift toward the challenger pro-market party. This shift was strongest where vested interests created larger benefits from … market-oriented policies as opposed to public transfer policies. We also find that beneficiaries of the one-time irreversible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280072