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Edmonds, Christopher M. - 2002

agricultural production and changes in land use in the Mekong Delta Region of Viet Nam during the mid-1990s. The study relies on … econometric analysis of household-level longitudinal farm survey data covering about 150 farms from eight villages in the Mekong … use and level of production observed in the Mekong Delta during the 1990s. A simulation model is developed to highlight …

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Pigs, prawns and power houses: Politics in water resources management

Jensen, K. M.; Lange, R. B.; Refsgaard, J. C. - 2012

implementation is scarce. This paper analyzes cases from India, the Mekong and Denmark where attempts have been made to translate …

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From waterwars to waterriots? Lessons from transboundary water management. Proceedings of the international conference, December 2003, DIIS, Copenhagen

Boesen, Jannik (contributor); … - 2004

Water issues impact on security at the various levels, albeit most directly on ‘human security’. Hence, it is a potential source of conflict. Following a prelude of water and ‘the human condition’, the paper presents an analytical survey of the various aspects of the...

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Optimal water allocation in the Mekong river basin

Ringler, Claudia - 2001

The Mekong River is the dominant geo-hydrological structure in mainland Southeast Asia, originating in China and … competition among the riparian countries for Mekong waters. This development calls for a structured approach to the management of … socioeconomic development in the region. Institutional mechanisms for Mekong cooperation among the riparians in the lower basin have …

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Assessing the Economic and Political Impacts of Climate Change on International River Basins using Surface Wetness in the Zambezi and Mekong Basins

Blankespoor, Brian; Basist, Alan; Dinar, Ariel; Dinar, … - 2014

(for 1988-2013) and empirically derived flow distributions in two international river basins: Zambezi and Mekong. The paper … further undertakes an economic analysis (applied to the Mekong), which identifies not only the economic costs and losses due …

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Transport infrastructure and trade facilitation in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Stone, Susan; Strutt, Anna - 2009

Mekong Subregion (GMS). Some of the key linkages between upgraded infrastructure, economic growth, and sectoral responses are …

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Socialism without liberation: Land Reclamation Projects in Guinea-Bissau

Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologia Ruralis 28 (1988) 2/3, pp. 161-175

One of the outstanding aims of most liberation movements has been to increase the economic well-being of their people, Guinea-Bissau being no exception in this respect. How far has the new Nation State succeeded in fulfilling this aim? A comparative analysis of the implementation of land...

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Policy making and implementation in agriculture: Tanzania's push for irrigated rice

Therkildsen, Ole - 2011

Tanzania's 2005 push to increase rice production by ambitious rural investments in irrigation and by tariff protection of its rice industry from cheap imported subsidised rice has apparently highlevel political support. Yet, the implementation has run into problems: non-compliance with the...

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Policy Options for Rice and Corn Farmers in the Face of Seasonal Climate Variability

Domingo, Sonny N.; Gonzales, Kathrina G.; Mina, Christian D. - 2009

In the face of seasonal climate variability, the smallholder farmers, particularly those in rural communities, are among the most adversely affected. As a way to address this, together with concern on low productivity, the Philippine government has been implementing a range of risk management...

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Profitable Use of SCF in a Policy Context: the Case of Rice Stockholding in the Philippines

Mina, Christian D.; Reyes, Celia M. - 2009

This paper documents the activities of the National Food Authority (NFA), particularly on rice marketing, in realizing its mandates of buying high and selling low. Because the Philippine agriculture is greatly affected by extreme climate events such as El Niño and La Niña, this paper...

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