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Trade finance as a barrier to SME internationalisation: special reference to African trade with China / Y. van Heerden
Van Heerden, Yvette - 2010
Africa. By overcoming the difficulties in obtaining trade finance, African SMEs will be able to expand into foreign markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009456199
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Trade unions and the informal economy in Zambia: Building strength or loosing ground?
Heidenreich, Georg; Heidenreich, Georg - 2007
The increasing casualisation of labour forces trade unions globally to deal with a growing number of unprotected and unrepresented workers in what is dubbed by the unions, even if critically, as the informal economy. This paper assesses the impact and further potential of a direct and indirect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009485581
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Studies on late Quaternary environmental dynamics (vegetation, biodiversity, climate, soils, fire and human impact) on Mt Kilimanjaro
Schüler, Lisa - 2013
Zur Rekonstruktion der jungquartären Landschaftsentwicklung am Kilimanjaro werden Sedimente aus Paläoböden am Mt Kilimanjaro untersucht, um die lokale und regionale Ökosystem-, Klima-, Feuerdynamik in einem größeren Rahmen zu verstehen. Desweiteren soll die Reaktion der Ökosysteme auf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353240
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Has Green Revolution Bypassed Coarse Cereals? The Indian Experience
Janaiah, Aldas; Achoth, Lalith; Bantilan, Cynthia - 2005
This paper analysed the growth performance of non-rice crop sectors by estimating total factorproductivity (TFP) growth for the selected coarse cereals viz., maize, sorghum and pearl millet inIndia. The analysis indicates that the TFP growth contributed substantially to the output growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445232
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The impact of Access to Credit and Training on Technological Adoption: A Case of the Rice Sector in Tanzania
Nakano, Yuko; Kajisa, Kei - 2011
Using an extensive household-level data set collected in Tanzania, this paper investigates the determinants of the technological adoption of rice cultivation and of paddy yield. We especially focus on the impact of credit and training on the adoption of modern technologies. Based on empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479516
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A new framework for African smallholder agriculture : harnessing innovation and the private sector to drive sustainable development
Wilson, Robert Hines (contributor) - 2010
This report will outline a new framework for improved yields and increased sustainability in Sub-Saharan African smallholder agriculture. Given the failures of agricultural development aid and policy in the past, cross-sector collaboration among local farmer networks, national governments, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429281
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The analysis of policies to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty [FAST version]
Wilson, Edgar James - 2009
A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457368
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Leveraging regional growth dynamics in African agriculture
Abdulai, Awudu; Johnson, Michael; Diao, Xinshen - 2006
This study focuses on public investments and policy reforms for leveraging growth spillovers at the Africaregional level. It reviews first the theory and evidence of knowledge and growth spillovers generally andsecond the evidence in the African context. Given the limited and scattered evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445903
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Implications of Tariff Rate Quotas Liberalization in the South African Livestock Industry
Oyewumi, Olubukola Ayodeju; Jooste, Andre; van … - 2006
Livestock farming is an important facet of agriculture and livelihood in South Africa. It forms the essence of rural … sector and phasing out of past protection mechanisms South Africa introduced a process of tariff reform. Furthermore, a … model was used to investigate the impact of further liberalization in the livestock industry of South Africa, particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446210