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, and Uganda as case studies to explore the potential for growth in agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism in these … intensive manufactures could contribute a fraction of aggregate growth, it is agriculture, agribusiness, and services that will … contribute the lion?s share because of an unprecedented convergence of technologies. Industrialized agriculture and agri …
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Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia …
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on Agriculture. In addition, the paper (i) develops internationally comparable measures of overall agro-ecological crop …
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eventual European Union had been mapped. As with many trade agreements, agriculture posed difficult political hurdles, which … agriculture sector. An applied general equilibrium framework is used to provide estimates of what including agriculture under the …
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policy instruments needed to tap mitigation opportunities in agriculture is incomplete. In particular, market … mitigation incentives, and missed mitigation opportunities in agriculture. The paper concludes with a discussion of alternative … policies designed to jointly promote mitigation and co-benefits for agriculture and the environment …
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This paper investigates whether the Pesticides Initiative Program has significantly affected the export performance of Senegal'shorticulture industry. The authors apply two main microeconometric techniques, difference-in-differences and matching difference-in-differences, to identify the effect...
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Wastewater use in agriculture is a growing practice worldwide. Drivers include increasing water stress, in part due to … importance of improving wastewater use in agriculture across the spectrum from lower to high-income countries. It presents an …
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This paper uses the recently collected Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture Initiative …
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This study investigates the World Bank's use of lending and non-lending instruments to affect the policy priorities of developing countries. In a typical year, the World Bank lends more than $30 billion to its client countries. It also spends approximately $200 million on the provision of...
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What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the Development Research Group. This paper assembles a set of 13...
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