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Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among this generation of rural poor, by building on the limited resources farming households already possess. It is also the best and shortest path to meet rising food needs. Using...
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Ghana's economic growth picked up in the early 2000s and has been exceptionally strong over the past few years, with price booms of its main commodity exports, gold and cocoa, and the initiation of commercial oil production in 2011. This paper examines recent econometric evidence on Ghana's...
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participation by individuals in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria using primary (micro) data. While grievance appears to be …
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Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia, a region characterized by a high level of malnutrition. The review finds that the level and stability of food prices play a critical part in food consumption, with rising...
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This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the initial shock due to the pandemic under the assumption that products that are more labor intensive in production are more affected through workers' morbidity and containment...
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While scholars agree on the importance of land rental markets for structural transformation in rural areas, evidence on the extent and nature of their operation, including potential obstacles to their improved functioning, remains limited. This study uses household-level data from six countries...
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It is a contentious issue whether large scale mining creates local employment, and the sector has been accused of hurting women?s labor supply and economic opportunities. This paper uses the rapid expansion of mining in Sub-Saharan Africa to analyze local structural shifts. It matches 109...
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the second generation -- women's daughters and sons. Additionally, gender gaps in property ownership induce allocative … over property. Gender gaps are smaller if joint ownership is taken into consideration, but still materially disadvantage … paper is an important step toward a better understanding of gender gaps in property ownership in Africa and outlines an …
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-farm enterprises being more common in Nigeria and Tanzania. The population weighted cross-country gender difference in off … national panel household survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda; provides empirical evidence on …-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …
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paper develops a theoretical model that decomposes the contribution of various market imperfections to the gender …
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