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Boda-bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya.
Lay, Jann; M'Mukaria, George Michuki; Omar Mahmoud, Toman - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2007
Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural...
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Removing border protection on wheat and rice: effects on rural income and food self-sufficiency in China
Mai, Yinhua - In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 52 (2008) 2
In this paper, I use the Monash Multi-Country model – a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium model of China …, Australia and the Rest of the World – to analyse the effects of removing border protection on wheat and rice in China. The … China. This is mainly due to the following two factors. First, removing border protection on wheat and rice not only leads …
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Removing border protection on wheat and rice: effects on rural income and food securities in China
Mai, Yinhua - Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), … - 2006
In this paper, I use the Monash Multi-Country (MMC) model - a dynamic CGE model of China, Australia and the Rest of the … World - to analyse the effects of removing border protection on wheat and rice in China. The analysis points to the … possibility that removing border protection on wheat and rice may lead to an increase in rural income in China. This is due mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001204
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Alltagsmobilität - neue Handlungsräume für Arbeiten, Einkaufen, Freizeit... ? Einführung
Planinsek, Simone; Reuter, Ruth - In: Schneller, öfter, weiter? Perspektiven der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266701
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Auf dem Weg zu einem Grundangebot von Mobilität in ländlichen Räumen: Probleme, Ursachen und Handlungsoptionen
Küpper, Patrick - In: Schneller, öfter, weiter? Perspektiven der …
Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, wie in ländlichen Räumen ein Grundangebot von Mobilität gewährleistet bzw. hergestellt werden kann. Dazu werden zunächst die Besonderheiten der Mobilität in ländlichen Räumen im Vergleich zu urbanen Gebieten herausgearbeitet sowie aktuelle Trends,...
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Typology of rural areas in the Central and Eastern European EU new member States
Baum, Sabine; Trapp, Christian; Weingarten, Peter - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2004
Rural areas in Central and Eastern Europe are very often associated with a backwardness in terms of income and employment opportunities, a high dependency on agriculture, the outmigration of young, skilled people, a low population density and an insufficient infrastructure. In this paper 3...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008526803
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Interregionale Disparitäten und Entwicklung ländlicher Räume als regionalpolitische Herausforderung für die neuen EU-Mitgliedstaaten
Baum, Sabine; Weingarten, Peter - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2004
Seit Beginn der Transformation haben in den Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas (MOEL) die interregionalen Disparitäten zugenommen. Insbesondere die Stadt-Land-Gegensätze haben sich verstärkt. Dieser Beitrag zeigt die Entwicklung der Disparitäten auf und diskutiert auf der Basis theoretischer...
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Technology-environment-employment linkages and the rural poor of Bangladesh: insights from farm-level data.
M, Alauddin; MK, Mujeri; CA, Tisdell - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1992
Considers the effect on income, income distribution, production, employment and the environment, of major technological changes in agriculture which have occurred in villages located on the floodplains in the Kushtia region and the Chittagong Hill Districts. Based on surveys carried out in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965793
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Structural adjustment and rural labour markets in Zambia.
J, Loxley - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1990
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Population, economic growth and rural-urban income distribution: an empirical analysis.
RS, Moreland - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1977
ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper using a simple economic model to determine the effects of population growth and economic growth on rural areas- urban areas income distribution in Latin America - constitutes part of a WEP research project on population and employment. Graphs and references.
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