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Gender, Marital Status, Farm Size and other Factors Influencing the Extent of Cash Cropping in Kenya: A Case Study

Kiriti, Tabitha; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2002

This article examines the effects of commercialisation of agriculture on land use and work patterns by means of a case study in the Nyeri district in Kenya. The study uses cross sectional data collected from small-scale farmers in this district. We find that good quality land is allocated to...

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Commercialisation of Agriculture in Kenya: Case Study of Urban Bias on Food Availability in Farm Households

Kiriti, Tabitha; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2002

This study investigates the effect of cash cropping on food availability and examines the determinants of the proportion of income allocated for food expenditures in the Nyeri district in Kenya. Using a Tobit model, the results suggest that in general food expenditure allocations suffer due to...

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Closing the Gender Gap in Bangladesh: Inequality in Education, Employment and Earnings

Mohammad, Hossain; Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2003

Assesses the status of women in Bangladesh by analysing the dynamics of female participation in labour force and … rural area or in low-skilled textile and readymade garment industries in the urban area, women’s participation in high … highly correlated with overall female labour force participation, and relative to male participation. The overall results are …

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Poverty - Dynamic and Sustainability Perspectives Implications for Welfare and Policy with Reference to India

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2003

After outlining some comparative features of poverty in India, this article reviews critically recent literature on the dynamics of poverty. On economic efficiency grounds, it rejects the view that the chronically poor are more deserving than the non-chronic poor of poverty assistance....

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Economic Social and Cultural Influences on the Status and Wellbeing of Indian Rural Wives

Tisdell, Clement A.; Regmi, Gopal - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2004

Examines the status and well being of wives in rural India using results from interviews. Surveys were conducted in three villages in the southwest of West Bengal and in three villages in the west of Orissa. The survey in West Bengal contained a large proportion of Santal tribals and the Oriyan...

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Poverty - Dynamic and Sustainability Perspectives Implications for Welfare and Policy with Reference to India

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 1993

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Economic Growth and Transition in Vietnam and China and its Consequences for their Agricultural Sectors: Policy and Agricultural Adjustment Issues

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2010

Secondary data are used to discuss and compare the consequences for agriculture of economic growth and transition in Vietnam and China. It is found that China and Vietnam have experienced similar adjustments in their agricultural sectors and face at this time, similar agricultural policy...

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Institutional Impediments, Entitlement Exchange and Women's Empowerment in Rural India: The Case of Access to Education

Roy, Kartik C.; Tisdell, Clement A.; Ghose, Ananda - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2000

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The Competitiveness of Small Household Pig Producers in Vietnam: Significant Research and Policy Findings from an ACIAR-sponsored Study and their Limitations

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2010

The preamble to this paper highlights some of the major policy issues facing Vietnam as far as its supply of pork is concerned, in particular, the problem of its demand for pork rising at a faster rate than its supply. Some relevant background to this research project is provided by outlining...

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The Environment and Asian-Pacific, Particularly East Asia, Economic Development

Tisdell, Clement A. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 1994

While rapid economic growth in the Asian-Pacific region is a potential means for low-income countries in this region to improve their lot, it raises international dilemmas and may be unsustainable. Political bias exists in favour of Asian economic growth both in Asia and abroad even at...

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