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A stable agricultural income is often regarded as a way to achieve a better environmental performance in this sector …. However, conventional income stabilization tools have been showing recently signs of exhaustion. Under this critical juncture … comprehensive forms. Eventually, EU institutions have started to assess the development of a comprehensive income insurance …
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) in the African food and agriculture sector in the last 15 years? (2) What are the drivers of FDI in the African food and … agriculture sector? (3) What is the evidence on the impacts of private-sector investments in the African food and agriculture … sector on the product and labor markets, with particular focus on income effects? Our analysis shows that a total of $48 …
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affect income, poverty, and income distribution. Panel data regression models with household fixed effects show that rainfall … shocks reduce per capita income by 9% on average. The income losses are larger for poor than for non-poor households. Two … consecutive rainfall shocks have stronger negative income effects, especially among the poor, who have limited resilience capacity …
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This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960 …
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This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
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This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
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This article examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325306
Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson, and Yared (2008) document that the cross-country correlation between income per capita and … democracy disappears once including country fixed effects. This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of income on … framework provides evidence for significant but heterogeneous effects of income on democracy for former colonies and non …
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Zimbabwe has a wealth of natural resources and is rich in biodiversity. The national Government is trying to achieve private sector led economic growth and the challenge to pursue both economic development and sound environmental management at the same time appears clear. The objective of this...
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attention to science in countries' strategies. The relative weight of agriculture in the national economy shows some positive …
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