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Agriculture: A Perspective from History, the Metrics of Comparative Advantage, and Limitations of the Market to Understand the Role of State in a Globalising World
Morris, Sebastian - eSocialSciences - 2007
Multilateral agencies and economists with much influence have been urging laissez-faire in agriculture. While success … potential in the long run have been coaxed to adopt near free trade in agriculture with disastrous results especially for the … [between economic development and agriculture, trade in agriculture, the role of state action especially in the late …
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Agricultural Growth and Rural Incomes: Rural Performance Indicators and Consumption Patterns
Balisacan, Arsenio M. - eSocialSciences - 2012
The present paper is part of a larger study on agricultural growth and rural incomes in the Philippines. This study examines the farm-nonfarm linkages of agricultural growth and the mechanisms by which agricultural development changes the economic welfare of the various groups of population in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550443
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State-Led or Market-Led Green Revolution? Role of Private Irrigation Investment vis-a-vis Local Government Programs in West Bengal’s Farm Productivity Growth
Bardhan, Pranab; Mookherjee, Dilip; Kumar, Neha - eSocialSciences - 2009
This paper estimates respective roles of private investments in irrigation and local government programs (land reforms, extension services, and infrastructure investments) in the growth of farm productivity in West Bengal, India between 1981-95. A farm panel from a stratified random sample of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005077861
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New Agriculture Technology, Skill Formation, Food Security and Poverty Reduction in Rural Asia: A Comparison of Three Projects from India, China and Bangladesh
Mukherjee, Neela - eSocialSciences - 2010
The present paper compares the strategies, capacity building processes and outcomes/impacts of three projects during the period 2005-10. The project area covered by the study are located as follows: i) Jhalda-2/Barra Bazar/ blocks in Puruliya district of West Bengal (India),, (ii) Luo Yang...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682008
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Maharashtra Budget Speech 2012-13: Part I
Government, Maharashtra - eSocialSciences - 2012
Budget for the year 2012-13. [Government of Maharashtra]. URL:[http://maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/english_speech_part_I.pdf].
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Agribusiness in South Asia: A Fact Sheet
Singh, Sukhpal - eSocialSciences - 2010
Agribusiness is the single largest sector of the economy in many developing countries and is growing fast. The present paper examines the situation of agribusiness in different countries of South Asia.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752357
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Enhancing Rural Livelihoods
Matthews, Paul; Young, John - eSocialSciences - 2007
country studies carried out with partners in Argentina, Uruguay, Tanzania, South Africa, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ICT was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528305
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The Evolving Dynamics of Global Economic Power in the Post-crisis World: Revelations from a New Index of Government Economic Power
Basu, Kaushik; De, Supriyo; Ghosh, Rangeet; Shweta . - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper develops an index for measuring the economic power of governments viewed as entities in themselves. The basic idea is to encapsulate the economic representative power of a nation’s government in the international arena in as simple and parsimonious a manner as possible. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009390659
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Estimating human resource requirements for scaling up priority health interventions in Lowincome countries of Sub-Saharan Africa: A methodology based on service quantity, tasks and...
Mills, Anne; Kurowski, Christoph - eSocialSciences - 2010
in two case studies carried out in Tanzania and Chad. Kaspar Wyss and N’Diekhor Yemadji led the case study in Chad and … Salim Abdulla participated in the Tanzania team.[HEFP working paper 01/06, LSHTM, 2006] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462827
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Human Resources for Health: Requirements and Availability in the Context of Scaling-Up Priority Interventions in Low-Income Countries
Mills, Anne; Kurowski, Christoph; Wyss, Kaspar; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore the role and importance of human resources for the scaling up of health services in low income countries. In the case studies, the following have been analyzed: (i) investigated the size, composition and structure of the current health work force; (ii)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008462831