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The Impact of Microfinance and its Role in Easing Poverty of Rural Households: Estimations from Pakistan
Ghalib, Asad K.; Malki, Issam; Imai, Katsushi S. - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2011
This study examines if household access to microfinance reduces poverty in Pakistan, and if so, to what extent and … across which dimensions of well-being by taking account of the multi-dimensional aspect of poverty. The study draws on first … the province of Punjab in Pakistan. We employ a quasi-experimental research design and make use of the data collected by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325852
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Impact assessment of irrigation infrastructure development on poverty alleviation: case studies from Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Interim report - Phase 2
Hussain, I.; Jehanjir, W. A.; Nazir, A.; Hanjra, M. A.; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696308
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The cluster-based development strategy in Kazakhstan's agro-food sector: A critical assessment from an Austrian perspective
Wandel, Jürgen - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2010
This paper challenges the uselfullness of the cluster-based development strategy to diversify and increase the competitiveness of Kazakhstan's economy, regarding the case of the country's agro-food sector. For this it refers to insights of the Austrian Market Process Theory. It is argued that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008597146
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Agroholdings and clusters in Kazakhstan's agro-food sector
Wandel, Jürgen - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2009
The paper provides an overview of the institutional arrangements on the micro level that have evolved in the agro-food sector of Kazakhstan in the course of transition. Emphasis is laid on more complex arrangements like agroholdings and clusters, hitherto mostly unknown in the agro-food sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008597161
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Putting agricultural research into use: Lessons from contested visions of innovation
Hall, Andy - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
This paper is a synthesis of research undertaken as part of the Research Into Use programme (RIU) to explore the question of how agricultural research can be used more effectively to improve agricultural production and farmers' livelihoods in developing countries. Many of the challenges the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856438
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
insecurity, and rural poverty. Table of Contents: •Overview: Pathways, Drivers, and Spaces by Johannes F. Linn •Investing in … Agriculture to Reduce Poverty and Hunger by Kevin Cleaver •Moving Local- and Community-Driven Development from Boutique to Large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010735452
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Institutional response to external disturbances in spate irrigation systems of Punjab, Pakistan
Kamran, Muhammad Asif; Shivakoti, Ganesh Prasad - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 10 (2014) 1, pp. 15-33
Social ecological systems (SESs) - spate irrigation system in our case - operate under an environment of stress due to several external and contextual factors. Spate irrigation systems are more complex due to uncertain flows and can exhibit unexpected changes due to novel shocks. Therefore,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010777237
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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
This is the second in a series of three papers that develop a conceptual framework for a project on livestock fodder 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209852
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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
This is the second in a series of three papers that develop a conceptual framework for a project on livestock fodder 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712023
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Between Development and Social Policies: The Impact of European Structural Funds in Objective 1 Regions
RodrIguez-Pose, Andres; Ugo Fratesi† - In: Regional Studies 38 (2004) 1, pp. 97-113
Rodriguez-Pose A. and Fratesi U. (2004) Between development and social policies: the impact of European Structural Funds in Objective 1 regions, Reg. Studies 38, 97-113. European regional support has grown in parallel with European integration. The funds targeted at achieving greater economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005491776