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Estimating Poverty Among Refugee Populations : A Cross-Survey Imputation Exercise for Chad

Beltram, Theresa - 2020

. This paper tests the performance of cross-survey imputation methods to estimate poverty for a sample of refugees in Chad … humanitarian organizations in Chad …

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Trade Policy to Catalyze Export Diversification : What Should Landlocked Fragile Countries Do? The Cases of Mali, Chad, and Niger

Pitigala, Nihal - 2019

The landlocked and fragile countries Mali, Niger, and Chad have suffered, to varying degrees, from Dutch Disease, with … linked to their connectivity with external markets, in the region and beyond. Thus, Mali, Niger, and Chad are first … their structures, and improving connectivity within and between markets, Mali, Niger, and Chad can better promote the …

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Leakage of Public Resources in the Health Sector : An Empirical Investigation of Chad

Wane, Waly - 2016

health sector in Chad, and its effects on the prices of drugs. The analysis uses data collected in Chad as part of a Health …

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Insuring Well-Being? Buyer's Remorse and Peace of Mind Effects from Insurance

Tafere, Kibrom - 2017

This paper estimates the causal effects of index insurance coverage on subjective well-being among livestock herders in southern Ethiopia. The randomization of incentives to purchase index-based livestock insurance and three rounds of panel data are exploited to separately identify ex ante...

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Household Responses to Shocks in Rural Ethiopia : Livestock as a Buffer Stock

Ali, Daniel Ayalew - 2017

This paper uses a stochastic dynamic programming model to characterize the optimal savings-consumption decisions and the role of livestock inventories as a buffer stock in rural Ethiopia. The results show that relatively land-rich households use accumulation and liquidation of cattle and other...

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Diet Quality, Child Health, and Food Policies in Developing Countries

Bhargava, Alok - 2017

Although the importance of diet quality for improving child health is widely recognized, the roles of environmental factors and the absorption of nutrients for children's physical growth and morbidity have not been adequately integrated into a policy framework. Moreover, nutrient intakes...

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The Inter-Linkages between Rapid Growth in Livestock Production, Climate Change, and the Impacts on Water Resources, Land Use, and Deforestation

Thornton, Philip - 2017

Livestock systems globally are changing rapidly in response to human population growth, urbanization, and growing incomes. This paper discusses the linkages between burgeoning demand for livestock products, growth in livestock production, and the impacts this may have on natural resources, and...

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Does Livestock Ownership Affect Animal Source Foods Consumption and Child Nutritional Status? Evidence from Rural Uganda

Azzarri, Carlo - 2020

In many developing countries, consumption of animal source foods among the poor is still at a level where increasing its share in total caloric intake may have many positive nutritional benefits. This paper explores whether ownership of various livestock species increases consumption of animal...

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The Impact of Climate Change on Livestock Management in Africa : A Structural Ricardian Analysis

Seo, S. Niggol - 2016

This paper develops the structural Ricardian method, a new approach to modeling agricultural performance using cross-sectional evidence, and uses the method to study animal husbandry in Africa. The model is intended to estimate the structure beneath Ricardian results in order to understand how...

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Climate Change Adaptation in Africa : A Microeconomic Analysis of Livestock Choice

Seo, S. Niggol - 2016

This paper uses quantitative methods to examine the way African farmers have adapted livestock management to the range of climates found across the African continent. The authors use logit analysis to estimate whether farmers adopt livestock. They then use three econometric models to examine...

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