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To Pay or Not to Pay? Citizens’ Attitudes Toward Taxation in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa
Ali, Merima; Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge; Sjursen, Ingrid Hoem - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 828-842
This paper examines factors that determine citizens’ tax-compliance attitude in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and South …
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South Africa's exports of high-technology products: a comparative perspective and some policy priorities
Kaplan, David - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 2 (2009) 3, pp. 193-209
spur innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563463
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South Africa's exports of high-technology products: a comparative perspective and some policy priorities
Kaplan, David - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 2 (2009) 3, pp. 193-209
spur innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048831
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Welternährung und nachhaltige Agrarwirtschaft
Beck, Klaus Volker - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 50 (1997) 32, pp. 26-40
Der vorliegende Artikel gibt einen Überblick über diskutierte Themengebiete auf der im November 1997 abgehaltenen Welternährungskonferenz. Im Mittelpunkt der Erörterungen stand die Frage, ob das Ziel "Hunger und Unterernährung bis zum Jahr 2015 zu halbieren" erreicht werden kann. Bei einem...
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Reframing technical change: Livestock Fodder Scarcity Revisited as Innovation Capacity Scarcity: Part 2. A Framework for Analysis
Hall, Andy; Sulaiman, Rasheed; Bezkorowajnyj, Peter - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008
innovation. The paper begins by reviewing the evolving paradigms of agricultural research and innovation over the last 30 years … or so and explains the emergence and relevance of the innovation systems concept to agricultural development. The paper … then presents a framework for exploring fodder innovation capacity. This framework gives particular emphasis to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712023
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Reframing technical change: Livestock Fodder Scarcity Revisited as Innovation Capacity Scarcity: Part 2. A Framework for Analysis
Hall, Andy; Sulaiman, Rasheed; Bezkorowajnyj, Peter - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2008
innovation. The paper begins by reviewing the evolving paradigms of agricultural research and innovation over the last 30 years … or so and explains the emergence and relevance of the innovation systems concept to agricultural development. The paper … then presents a framework for exploring fodder innovation capacity. This framework gives particular emphasis to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209852
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Gender, Agricultural Commercialization, and Collective Action in Kenya
Fischer, Elisabeth; Qaim, Matin - Institut für Agrarökonomie, Georg-August-Universität … - 2012
technology could potentially accelerate this trend. Here, we use survey data of small-scale banana producers in Kenya to … investigate the gender implications of recently established farmer groups. Traditionally, banana has been a women’s crop in Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653533
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Impact of tissue culture banana technology in Kenya: A difference-in-difference estimation approach
Kikulwe, Enoch M.; Kabunga, Nassul .S.; Qaim, Matin - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2012
Most micro-level studies on the impact of agricultural technologies build on cross-section data, which can lead to unreliable impact estimates. Here, we use panel data covering two time periods to estimate the impact of tissue culture (TC) banana technology in the Kenyan small farm sector. TC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555775
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Gender, Agricultural Commercialization, and Collective Action in Kenya
Fischer, Elisabeth; Qaim, Matin - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
technology could potentially accelerate this trend. Here, we use survey data of small-scale banana producers in Kenya to … investigate the gender implications of recently established farmer groups. Traditionally, banana has been a women’s crop in Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913803
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Analyzing Local Institutional Change
Helmsing, Helmsing, A.H.J. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013
two. Another question concerns institutional co-innovation: i.e. the interaction between technological innovations … technologies in the North West of Uganda. In the final section the main commonalities and differences in institutional development …
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