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Agricultural and rural transformations in Asian development : past trends and future challenges
Vos, Rob - 2018
Over the past sixty years, most Asian countries have undergone relatively rapid agricultural transformations that helped jumpstart broader economic development. However, the changes have differed markedly in nature and speed across countries of the region. In much of East and Southeast Asia, the...
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Will economic growth be sufficient to end global poverty? : new projections of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Yusuf, Arief Anshory; Anna, Zuzy; Komarulzaman, Ahmad; … - 2023
In this paper, we present new projections for a range of global poverty-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically, extreme monetary poverty, undernutrition, stunting, child mortality, maternal mortality, and access to clean water and basic sanitation. Our projections, based on...
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Reducing early pregnancy in low-income countries : a literature review and new evidence
Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal; Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Mohamed … - 2017
Many adolescent girls in low-income countries face the challenge of early pregnancy and lifelong dependence upon family and partners. In this paper, we review the literature on field interventions aimed at reducing early pregnancies in low-income countries and report from a randomized control...
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Effects of the COVID-19 crisis on household food consumption and child nutrition in Mozambique
Squarcina, Margherita; Egger, Eva-Maria - 2022
children's nutrition using the case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. In response to the economic downturn, households … child nutrition before and after the pandemic. The results show that there has been a significant reduction in household …
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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 … improving food expenditure or nutrition. Furthermore, the study reveals heterogeneous marginal effects of financial inclusion in … reducing the gender gap between the food demand and nutrition of femaleand male-headed households. The study provides …
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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...
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India's political economy responses to the global food price shock of 2007 - 08 : learning some lessons
Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta - 2015
India's policy responses to the food price crisis were strong. Exports of basic staples were banned. Domestic support prices of wheat and rice were raised substantially. The urea price increases in global markets were absorbed through enhanced fertilizer subsidies. The government launched the...
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US policy contributions to agricultural commodity price fluctuations, 2006 - 12
Rausser, Gordon C.; De Gorter, Harry - 2013
Since 2006, global prices and price volatility for foodgrain commodities have spiked frequently and dramatically. Such spikes have had the heaviest economic and social impact on developing nations, where agriculture accounts for a sizable portion of economic activity. We demonstrate how US...
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International to domestic price transmission in fourteen developing countries during the 2007-08 food crisis
Baltzer, Kenneth - 2013
This paper synthesizes the evidence on price transmission from international maize, rice and wheat markets to domestic markets in fourteen developing countries during the global food crisis in 2007-08. A great variation in the price transmission patterns is observed; from almost no price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721027
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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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