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Understanding farmers' valuation of agricultural insurance : evidence from Viet Nam
King, Michael; Singh, Anuj Pratap - 2018
We employ a novel approach to investigate the reasons for a low demand for agricultural insurance. We confirm that … farmers systematically undervalue agricultural insurance. First, we find that private transfers, mainly from family members …, explain under-valuation of agricultural insurance. Second, membership of a farmer's union, interpreted as a form of social …
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The impact of foreign aid on economic growth in ECOWAS countries : a simultaneous-equation model
Adamu, Patricia A. - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in member countries of the Economic Community of West African States using panel data for 1990-2009 and a three equation simultaneous-equations model. The effect of foreign aid on economic growth among these ECOWAS countries...
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Another look at foreign aid
Ranis, Gustav - 2013
The foreign aid landscape has undergone a paradigm shift in the last few decades, with changes in the behaviour of 'traditional' donors and a new focus on selectivity in aid disbursement, as well as 'new' donors and South-South co-operation playing an increasingly important role. Amidst these...
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Drivers of services sector growth acceleration in developing countries
Ndubuisi, Gideon Onyewuchi; Owusu, Solomon; Asiama, … - 2023
The services sector is dominant and continues to experience unprecedented growth in many developing economies. However, in-depth empirical analysis of the drivers ofservicessector growth acceleration is limited. This paper examines and identifies the underlying factors that explain services...
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Climate change and developing country interests : cases from the Zambezi River Basin
Arndt, Channing; Chinowsky, Paul; Fant, Charles; … - 2015
We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic modeling that incorporates climate uncertainty and allows...
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Understanding the boom : country study : Tanzania
Henstridge, Mark - 2018
There are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas. This paper sets out the scale of the gas, and the array...
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Understanding the boom : a framing paper
Henstridge, Mark - 2018
A significant natural resource discovery creates excited popular expectations of imminent wealth. But the size of a boom is usually overestimated and the delay in receiving revenues is underestimated. This paper takes stock of the sequencing, timing, and scale of the development of a natural...
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When unstable, growth is less pro-poor
Guillaumont, Patrick; Korachais, Catherine - 2010
Macroeconomic instability has been increasingly considered as a factor lowering average income growth and, in this way, is a factor slowing down poverty reduction. But it can also result in slower poverty reduction for a given average rate of growth, due to poverty traps, often examined at the...
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Aid, growth, and development : have we come full circle?
Arndt, Channing; Jones, Sam; Tarp, Finn - 2010
The micro-macro paradox has been revived. Despite broadly positive evaluations at the micro and meso-levels, recent literature doubts the ability of foreign aid to foster economic growth and development. This paper assesses the aid-growth literature and, taking inspiration from the program...
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Growth, inequality, and poverty reduction in developing countries : recent global evidence
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2011
The study presents recent global evidence on the transformation of economic growth to poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the role of income inequality. The focus is on the period since the early/mid-1990s when growth in these countries as a group has been relatively...
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