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Impact of rural poverty reduction strategies: The case of smallholders in Sierra Leone
Sammeth, Frank; Lakoh, Alpha; Michel, Baudouin; Hites, … - 2010
the end of the civil war, compares the impact of two poverty reduction strategies targeting smallholders in Sierra Leone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009479519
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An error correction model of induced innovation in UK agriculture.
Piesse, Jenifer; Schimmelpfennig, David; Thirtle, Colin - 2011
Cointegration techniques are applied to a model of induced innovation based on the two-stage Constant Elasticity of Substitution (CES) production function. This approach results in direct tests of the inducement hypothesis, which are applied to agricultural data for the United Kingdom from 1953...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429459
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Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Christiaensen, Luc - 2007
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issues such as input …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441498
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Globalization, Crop Choice and Property Rights in Rural Peru, 1994-2004
Field, Alfred J.; Field, Erica Marie - 2002
distribution and poverty. Since a large percentage of Peruvians living in poverty are located in rural areas, learning more about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431886
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Why Don't Lenders Finance High-Return Technological Change in Developing-Country Agriculture?
Blackman, Allen - 2001
Most of the literature attributes credit constraints in small-farm developing-country agriculture to the variability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445423
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Gender Equality in Central and Eastern Europe : A Comparison of Labour Market Attitudes, Educational Achievement and Poverty between East and West
Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2005
tremendous increase in poverty and income inequality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Much of the literature argues that the …’s economic empowerment: the labour market, education and poverty. Large and complex data sets on peoples’ attitudes and … greater in transition than in OECD countries.On the other hand, once the feminisation of poverty is concerned data on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449678
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442826