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Non-Farm Diversification, Poverty, Economic Mobility and Income Inequality : a Case Study in Village India
Lanjouw, Peter F. (contributor); Murgai, Rinku (contributor) - 2017
This paper assembles data at the all-India level and for the village of Palanpur, Uttar Pradesh, to document the … mobility among the poorest segments of rural society. Efforts by the government of India to accelerate the process of … transformation currently underway in rural India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974389
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Resource Discoveries, Learning, and National Income Accounting
Hamilton, Kirk - 2017
Questions about the ultimate size of mineral and energy resource endowments and the degree of fiscal prudence which should be exercised by countries engaged in resource extraction have become central for many developing countries during the recent resource boom. To explore these questions, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974221
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Human Capital, Tangible Wealth, and the Intangible Capital Residual
Hamilton, Kirk - 2017
Since income is the return on wealth, the total wealth of any given country should be on the order of 20 times its gross domestic product. Instead the average observed ratio from the balance sheet accounts of the System of National Accounts is a factor of 2.6 to 6.6, depending on whether natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974520
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Building Macro Sams from Cross-Country Databases : Method and Matrices for 133 Countries
Cicowiez, Martin - 2018
Social accounting matrices (SAMs) are the key data input for computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. After a brief introduction to SAMs, this paper presents a method and related computer program for constructing macro SAMs from cross-country databases. The method is demonstrated in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012931656
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Water When it Counts : Reducing Scarcity Through Irrigation Monitoring in Central Mozambique
Christian, Paul - 2018
Management of common-pool resources in the absence of individual pricing can lead to suboptimal allocation. In the context of irrigation schemes, this can create water scarcity even when there is sufficient water to meet the total requirements. High-frequency data from three irrigation schemes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927008
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Salt of the Earth : Quantifying the Impact of Water Salinity on Global Agricultural Productivity
Russ, Jason Daniel - 2020
Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change, including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To date no study has attempted to quantify the impacts on global food production. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841840
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Recall Length and Measurement Error in Agricultural Surveys
Wollburg, Philip Randolph - 2020
. Using data from the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture in Malawi and Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842779
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Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cote D'Ivoire : Changes in Determinants and Distributional Composition Over the Past Decade
Donald, Aletheia Amalia - 2020
commercial agriculture and have witnessed greater reductions in land area compared with their male counterparts. The results show … are the three most promising policy options to reach gender parity in agriculture in C?te d'Ivoire …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843449
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Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia
Iimi, Atsushi - 2017
Agriculture remains an important economic sector in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954313
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Poverty, Inequality, and Agriculture in the EU
Azevedo, João Pedro - 2018
crisis of 2008. This paper assesses the role of agriculture and the Common Agricultural Program in achieving this. The paper … sheds light on the relationship between poverty and agriculture as part of the process of structural transformation. It … as evaluating the role of agriculture as a driver of shared prosperity. The analysis performed throughout the paper uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908446