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. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all … scenarios, biofuels accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty. However, a stronger tradeoff between biofuels and food …-shortage amongst female workers also limits poverty reduction. Policy simulations indicate that only modest improvements in women …
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. -- Biofuels ; gender ; poverty ; growth ; Africa …. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all … scenarios, biofuels accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty. However, a stronger tradeoff between biofuels and food …
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. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all … scenarios, biofuels accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty. However, a stronger tradeoff between biofuels and food …-shortage amongst female workers also limits poverty reduction. Policy simulations indicate that only modest improvements in women …
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-abundant setting. Mozambique is chosen as a representative case. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in … producing jatropha feedstock for biodiesel. Under all scenarios, biofuels investments accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty … are drawn away from food production. A skills-shortage amongst female workers also limits poverty reduction. Policy …
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Current explanations for private consumption's diminished role in China focus on the expansion of exports and investments. Using structural path analysis, we find additional contributing factors. First, growth patterns during 1997-2007 favoured sectors with low production multipliers. Secondly,...
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Current explanations for private consumption's diminished role in China focus on the expansion of exports and investments. Using structural path analysis, we find additional contributing factors. First, growth patterns during 1997-2007 favoured sectors with low production multipliers. Secondly,...
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household poverty. Results indicate that there are economic incentives to convert unused lands to sugarcane-ethanol production … involve smallholders in feedstock production in order to reduce rural poverty, especially since our results indicate that … biofuel strategy for Tanzania by limiting potential poverty reduction. Unlike previous studies, our integrated assessment …
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