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approach is also employed to rigorously examine the poverty-growth-inequality triangle. Finally, various simple but useful and …
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Economic growth in Vietnam has been fairly resilient to the global commodity and financial crises, but it is unclear …
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Ghana has made considerable progress over the last 20 years in sustaining economic growth and reducing poverty. The … require Ghana to double its per capita income over the next decade. In this paper we explore the growth experiences of other … evaluate sources of accelerated growth and their contributions to overall growth and transformation... The authors conclude …
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equilibrium model of Tanzania to evaluate different biofuels production options and estimate their impacts on growth and poverty … is more profitable than other feedstock options. Cassava also generates more “pro-poor” growth than sugarcane …
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Agricultural growth in Africa has accelerated, yet most of this growth has been driven by land expansion. Land …-led growth. Given the huge public investments required, this paper aims to assess the potential impacts of a green revolution …. Results from a CGE model for Ghana show that green revolution type growth is strongly pro‐poor and provides substantial …
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Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate focuses on agriculture.s relative merits without also considering the benefits from urban agglomeration. As a result, African governments
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This paper assesses the implications of large-scale investments in biofuels for growth and income distribution. We find … that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall …, the biofuel investment trajectory analyzed increases Mozambique’s annual economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and …
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producing jatropha feedstock for biodiesel. Under all scenarios, biofuels investments accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty …
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Economic growth in Vietnam has been fairly resilient to the global commodity and financial crises, but it is unclear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280100
scenarios, biofuels accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty. However, a stronger tradeoff between biofuels and food …
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