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Burkina Faso : shipping around the Malthusian trap

Grimm, Michael; Wetta, Claude; Nikiema, Aude - 2014

combined with the absence of major technological change in agriculture and any significant structural transformation of the …

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Did rapid smallholder-led agricultural growth fail to reduce rural poverty? : making sense of Malawi's poverty puzzle

Pauw, Karl; Beck, Ulrik; Mussa, Richard - 2014

Disappointment was widespread when rapid economic growth since 2005, coupled with a smallholder-targeted fertilizer subsidy program, failed to significantly reduce poverty in Malawi. Official estimates for 2011 showed a 1.7 percentage point decline in national poverty between 2005 and 2011,...

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Poverty and land distribution : evidence from a natural experiment

Keswell, Malcolm; Carter, Michael R. - 2011

Africa's Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) program. We show that the implementation of this program …

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The (evolving) role of agriculture in poverty reduction : an empirical perspective

Christiaensen, Luc J.; Demery, Lionel; Kuhl, Jesper - 2010

The role of agriculture in development remains much debated. This paper takes an empirical perspective and focuses on … evidence indicates that agriculture is significantly more effective than non-agriculture in reducing poverty among the poorest … headcount poverty in low-income and resource-rich countries (including those in sub-Saharan Africa), at least when societies are …

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Does food insecurity impact subjective evaluation of well-being? : evidence from a developing country

Akpalu, Wisdom; Christian, Aaron K.; Codjoe, Samuel Nii … - 2015

Understanding the relationship between food insecurity and subjective evaluation of well-being is critical in designing social welfare policies, especially in developing countries. Surprisingly, literature on the topic is scarce. This study adopted Van Praag's theoretical framework and used...

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COVID-19 and informal work : degrees and pathways of impact in 11 cities around the world

Chen, Martha Alter; Grapsa, Erofili; Ismail, Ghida; … - 2022

informal workers in 11 cities across five regions of the world (Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and North America …

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Social protection in an aspiring 'developmental state' : the political drivers of Ethiopia's PSNP

Lavers, Tom - 2016

Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme is among the largest social protection programmes in Africa and has been …

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Economic impacts of developing a biofuel industry in Mozambique

Hartley, Faaiqa; Seventer, Dirk van; Tostão, Emilio; … - 2016

implementation of blending mandates by 2020. South Africa is one of these countries. Using a dynamic recursive computable general …

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Contracts between smallholders and private firms in Mozambique and their implications on food security

Navarra, Cecilia - 2017

monopsonistic market relations. This paper exploits a panel dataset (2002-2005) collected by the Mozambican Ministry of Agriculture …

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Financial inclusion and nutrition among rural households in Rwanda

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Nsabimana, Aimable - 2023

We investigate if financial inclusion leads to improved nutrition in rural Rwanda, using Rwandan Integrated Household Living Conditions surveys (2013/14 and 2016/17). Our empirical evidence shows a robust positive impact of financial inclusion efforts undertaken by formal financial institutions,...

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