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Coping with Rising Food Prices: Policy Dilemmas in the Developing World
Lustig, Nora - eSocialSciences - 2009
Rising food prices cause considerable policy dilemmas for developing country governments. Letting domestic prices adjust to reflect the full change in international prices generates inflationary pressures and causes severe hardship for poor households lacking access to social safety nets....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479134
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Post-Conflict Recovery: Does the Global Economy Work for Peace?
Addison, Tony - eSocialSciences - 2009
civil war (particularly in Africa) rather than ‘international’ wars. [Discussion Paper No. 2005/05]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543096
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Child Marriage: Social and Economic Linkages and Opportunities for Intervention
Gupta, Geeta Rao - eSocialSciences - 2007
The presentation shows the consequences of child marriage, how to prevent child marriage. [Power Point Presentation].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487836
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Price Transmission and Market Power in Modern Agricultural Value Chains
Swinnen, Johan F.M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - eSocialSciences - 2014
Price transmission is theoretically examined and how exogenous consumer price shocks (triggered for instance by income changes, global shocks, or by changes in consumer preferences) are transmitted to producer prices, taking into account the particular nature and institutional characteristics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945299
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Suicides by Cotton Farmers in Andhra Pradesh
Joseph, Reji K - eSocialSciences - 2007
The paper disuses and analyzes the condition of cotton farmers of Andra Pradesh and the reasons for their committing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321472
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Captured by Cotton: Exploited Dalit Girls Produce Garments in India for European and US Markets
HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2011
In this report, the widespread use of the Sumangali Scheme in Tamil Nadu is illustrated by four case studies of such vertically integrated enterprises of which the European and US buyers were identified: Bannari Amman Group, Eastman Exports, KPR Mill, and SSM India. This report aims to provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323744
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Economics and Efficiency of Organic Farming vis-à-vis Conventional Farming in India
Charyulu, D. Kumara; Biswas, Subho - eSocialSciences - 2010
. Similarly, four major crops i.e., cotton, sugarcane, paddy and wheat were chosen for comparison. A model based nonparametric …
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A Green Venture Fund to Finance Clean Technology for Developing Countries
Wheeler, David; Nassiry, Darius - eSocialSciences - 2011
A structure for the green venture fund (GVF) and explain the design rationale, operating principles and key parameters for two funds of funds for technology innovation and deployment is proposed. Some key issues to be considered, including differential treatment of public and private investors...
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China in Africa: A Macroeconomic Perspective
Christensen, Benedicte Vibe - eSocialSciences - 2010
In recent years, China has dramatically expanded its financing and foreign direct investment to Africa. This expansion … has served the political and economic interests of China while providing Africa with much-needed technology and financial … resources. This paper looks at China’s role in Africa from the Chinese perspective. [Working Paper No. 230]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690940
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The Return of the Prodigy Son: Do Return Migrants Make Better Leaders?
Mercier, Marion - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of political leaders’ migration experience on the quality of their leadership. A database is constructed on the personal background of 932 politicians who were at the head of the executive power in a developing country over the 1960-2004 period. A...
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