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The Scramble for Natural Resources: More food, less land?
Crawford Fund - 2013
Proceedings of the 2012 Parliamentary Conference, with Sir John Beddington; Professor Jonathon Foley; Dr Derek Byerlee; Dr Frank Rijsberman and others
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Scaling Up Nutrition for a More Resilient Mali: Nutrition Diagnostics and Costed Plan for Scaling Up
Shekar, Meera; Mattern, Max; Eozenou, Patric; Eberwein, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
-sensitive interventions delivered through other sectors such as agriculture, social protection, and water and sanitation that have the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265836
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Rural Poverty in Developing Countries; Issues and Policies
Khan, Mahmood Hasan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
In most developing countries, poverty is more widespread and severe in rural than in urban areas. The author reviews some important aspects of rural poverty and draws key implications for public policy. He presents a policy framework for reducing poverty, taking into account the functional...
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Republic of Mozambique; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on the Republic of Mozambique review the country’s macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction, and external financing needs and major sources of financing. It is essential to guarantee that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244005
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition
Linn, Johannes F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
experience of scaling up successful interventions in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition under five broad headings: (1 … Agriculture to Reduce Poverty and Hunger by Kevin Cleaver •Moving Local- and Community-Driven Development from Boutique to Large … Reduction of Maternal and Child Undernutrition? by David Nabarro, Purnima Menon, Marie Ruel, and Sivan Yosef •Alive & Thrive …
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A Bioeconomic Foundation of the Malthusian Equilibrium: Body Size and Population Size in the Long-Run
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Strulik, Holger - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2007
This paper develops a bioeconomic Malthusian growth model. By integrating recent research on allometric scaling, energy consumption and ontogenetic growth, we provide a model where subsistence consumption is endogenously linked to body size and fertility. The theory admits a unique Malthusian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005464686
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Subsistence – A Bio-economic Foundation of the Malthusian Equilibrium
Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Strulik, Holger - Økonomisk Institut, Københavns Universitet - 2006
This paper develops a bio-economic Malthusian growth model. By integrating recent research on allometric scaling, energy consumption, and ontogenetic growth we provide a model where subsistence consumption is endogenously linked to body mass and fertility. The theory admits a two-dimensional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233004
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Does the Mortality Decline Promote Economic Growth?
Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem - EconWPA - 2002
This paper analyzes qualitatively and quantitatively the e ects of declining mortality rates on fertility, education and economic growth. The analysis demonstrates that if individuals are prudent in the face of uncertainty about child survival, a decline in an exogenous mortality rate reduces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412569
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Subsistence: A Bio-economic Foundation of the Malthusian Equilibrium
Strulik, Holger; Dalgaard, Carl-Johan - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2007
This paper develops a bio-economic Malthusian growth model. By integrating recent research on allometric scaling, energy consumption, and ontogenetic growth we provide a model where subsistence consumption is endogenously linked to body mass and fertility. The theory admits a two-dimensional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005109482
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Postan, Population, and Prices in Late-Medieval England and Flanders
Munro, John - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2002
This paper re-examines the classic demographic or 'real' model, essentially based on a Malthusian-Ricardian model, that the late Michael Postan (Cambridge) utilized to explain the behaviour of the later-medieval western European economy, and in particular the behaviour of price movements. In...
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