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Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation in the Developing World : An Integrated Assessment of the Agriculture and Forestry Sectors
Havlík, Petr - 2017
This paper conducts an integrated assessment of climate change impacts and climate mitigation on agricultural commodity markets and food availability in low- and middle-income countries. The analysis uses the partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM to generate scenarios to 2080. The findings show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970677
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An Economic Model of Brazil's Ethanol-Sugar Markets and Impacts of Fuel Policies
de Gorter, Harry - 2017
policies. Unlike biofuel mandates and tax exemptions elsewhere, Brazil's fuel-ethanol-sugar markets and fuel policies are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974197
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Forests, Biomass Use, and Poverty in Malawi
Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit - 2016
In this paper, the authors seek to answer three questions about poverty and forests in Malawi: (1) What is the extent of biomass available for meeting the energy needs of the poor in Malawi and how is this distributed? (2) To what extent does fuelwood scarcity affect the welfare of the poor? (3)...
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How Subjective Beliefs About HIV Infection Affect Life-Cycle Fertility : Evidence from Rural Malawi
Shapira, Gil - 2017
This paper studies the effect of subjective beliefs about HIV infection on fertility decisions in a context of high HIV … prevalence and simulates the impact of different policy interventions, such as HIV testing programs and prevention of mother … decisions. Expectations about the life horizon and child survival depend on women's perceived exposure to HIV infection, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012974650
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Stimulating Demand for Aids Prevention : Lessons from the Respect Trial
de Walque, Damien - 2017
HIV-prevention strategies have yielded only limited success so far in slowing down the AIDS epidemic. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975444
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The Entertaining Way to Behavioral Change : Fighting HIV with Mtv
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2019
information and changing attitudes and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Using a simple model, the paper shows that ?edutainment? can … finds significant improvements in knowledge and attitudes toward HIV and risky sexual behavior. Treated subjects are twice … as likely to get tested for HIV eight months after the intervention. The study also finds reductions in sexually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863156
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Food Crisis, Household Welfare and Hiv/Aids Treatment : Evidence from Mozambique
de Walque, Damien - 2017
welfare of households living with HIV/AIDS. The analysis finds that there has been a real deterioration of welfare in terms of … income, food consumption, and nutritional status in Mozambique between 2007 and 2008, among both HIV and comparison … households. However, HIV households have not suffered more from the crisis than others. Results on the evolution of labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976225
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Evolution of Poor Food Access Over the Course of the Conflict in the Republic of Yemen
Tandon, Sharad - 2019
The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There has been an increase in violence, a disruption in supply chains due to a tightening of the ports, and a decline in the general economic climate that has left a large share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888865
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Measuring the Impact of a Change in the Price of Cashew Received by Exporters on Farmgate Prices and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau
Cont, Walter - 2017
This paper assesses the impact of a change in the price of cashew received by exporters in general -- and by FUNPI, a fund to promote the industrialization of agricultural products, in particular -- on farmgate prices and poverty in Guinea-Bissau. The analysis builds a theoretical model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972736
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Rising Food Prices and Coping Strategies : Household-Level Evidence from Afghanistan
D'Souza, Anna - 2017
This paper investigates the impact of rising wheat prices -- during the 2007/08 global food crisis -- on food security in Afghanistan. Exploiting the temporal stratification of a unique nationally-representative household survey, the analysis finds evidence of large declines in real per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976308