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Climate change, agriculture, and food security in Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Farmer, Will; Strzepek, Ken; Thurlow, James - 2011
The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are generally considered to be most vulnerable to climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009295552
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Current climate variability and future climate change : estimated growth and poverty impacts for Zambia
Thurlow, James; Zhu, Tingju; Diao, Xinshen - 2011
of the population below the poverty line. Socio-economic impacts are much larger during major drought years, thus … ; weather variability ; economic growth ; poverty ; Zambia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009728166
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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 promoted as a model for the continent. This paper analyses the political drivers of the programme, arguing that elite commitment can be understood in the context of shifts within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568124
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488209
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Agricultural and rural transformations in Asian development : past trends and future challenges
Vos, Rob - 2018
accelerated growth of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Vast challenges of still widespread poverty and food … poverty reduction in still disadvantaged regions of Asia will need to be different as well. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894303
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The political economy of food price policy in Egypt
Ghoneim, Ahmed Farouk - 2012
from international to domestic prices. The complexity of food price policy issues and their entanglement with poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667927
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Dealing with the 2007/08 global food price crisis : the political economy of food price policy in Malawi
Chirwa, Ephraim Wadonda; Chinsinga, Blessings - 2013
The paper examines the underlying political economy motivations of the government's policy responses to food price increases in 2007/08 focusing particularly on maize as the main staple crop. The main government policy responses to the food price spikes in 2007/08 were price control, bans on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009718511
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Climate change policy and power sector reform in Mexico under the 'golden age of gas'
Valenzuela, José Maria; Studer, Isabel - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016
Mexico's low-carbon technology perspectives show lack of coherence with the rising ambition in climate change commitments, for which Mexico is internationally praised. The comparison of two recent energy reforms, corresponding to two administrations, explains this lack of coherence by, on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452907
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Are biofuels good for African development? : an analytical framework with evidence from Mozambique and Tanzania
Arndt, Channing; Msangi, Siwa; Thurlow, James - 2010
needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662853
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Producing biofuels in low-income countries : an integrated environmental and economic assessment for Tanzania
Branca, Giacomo; Felix, Erika; Maltsoglou, Irini; … - 2014
household poverty. Results indicate that there are economic incentives to convert unused lands to sugarcane-ethanol production … involve smallholders in feedstock production in order to reduce rural poverty, especially since our results indicate that … biofuel strategy for Tanzania by limiting potential poverty reduction. Unlike previous studies, our integrated assessment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010233107