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Rapid economic growth has failed to significantly improve poverty and nutrition outcomes in Tanzania. This raises … concerns over a decoupling of growth, poverty, and nutrition. We link recent production trends to household incomes using a … growth—not the level—is currently constraining the rate of poverty reduction in Tanzania. Most importantly, agricultural …
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poverty, because poultry is an important income source for poor farmers and a major food item in consumers' baskets. Avian flu …
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Malawi suffers frequent droughts and floods. In an economy that is heavily dependent on the agricultural sector, it is crucial to understand the implications of these extreme climate events. Not only are rural livelihoods affected due to the severe impacts on the agricultural sector, but nonfarm...
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growth and poverty. Our results indicate that maximizing the poverty-reducing effects of a biofuels industry in Tanzania …
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on growth, employment and poverty in South Africa. More specifically, it examines how men and women have been affected … differently and whether liberalization has contributed to the faster rise in female unemployment and poverty. The results suggest … that trade policies have not contributed to increased poverty and that trade-induced technological change has accelerated …
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particularly erratic, and while the incidence of poverty has declined, it still remains high. The Malawian government, within the …, simply achieving the CAADP target of six percent will not be sufficient to halve poverty by 2015, i.e. achieving the first … the poverty line by 2015 and significantly improve the well-being of both rural and urban households." from authors …
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, CAADP growth benefits both rural and urban households, and reduces poverty by more than half within 10 years. However …
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an opportunity to enhance growth and poverty reduction. Overall, the proposed biofuel investments increase Mozambique …'s annual economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and reduce the incidence of poverty by about six percentage points over the …
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rest of the economy, and although the incidence of poverty has declined, it still remains high. The Zambian government … agricultural growth will not be sufficient to meet the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) of halving poverty by 2015. To … poverty line by 2015, and significantly improve the well-being of both rural and urban households." from authors' abstract …
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by 1.6 percent, increases the absolute poverty headcount by 1.5 percentage points and disproportionately hurts labor … growth and a third of the poverty caused by the pandemic, the fiscal burden of treatment will constrain diversification, thus …
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