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Fungibility of Donor Assistance to Liberia: Focusing on Aid to the Health Sector, a case study
Fairbank, Alan - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The main purpose of this work is to develop a case study assessing the recent patterns and impacts of ODA (official development assistance) and DAH (development assistance for health) to Liberia on overall government spending and domestic revenue generation as well as domestic government health...
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Cyclical Patterns in Government Health Expenditures Between 1995 and 2010
Velenyi, Edit V.; Smitz, Marc F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The 2008-09 global economic crises have shown that no country is immune to external challenges. When policy controls are missing or not used efficiently, crises can reverse progress even in advanced economies. This unexpected outcome has increased concerns about the ability of governments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829327
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The impact of China and India on the developing world
Kaplinsky, Raphael - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 1, pp. 15-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998706
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Sources and utilization of foodstuffs in Belarusian households: results of the Grodno households survey
Schmitz, Susanne; Brosig, Stephan; Degtiarevich, Josif J.; … - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2006
The paper is a documentation of a (non-representative) survey on the food situation of households in the Grodno region, Belarus. It covers the year between September 2000 and August 2001. The focus of the survey was on the sources of food in the households (purchase, own production, and receipt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008597148
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East African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Waithaka, Michael (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya,...
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Ague, agricultura y desarrollo: avances y retos para la reduccion de la pobreza
Nunez, Paula; Colmenero, Alberto - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2011) 230
Agua y produccion agraria can indisolublemente unidas. El regadio permite aumentar y estabilizar las cosechas, mejorando las rentas de los hogares rurales. En las zonas mas pobres del mundo el regadio no se ha explotado de acuerdo al potencial productivo y los rucursos existences. El mundo tiene...
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THE IMPACT OF HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL DETERMINANTS OF CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION: CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE FROM WEST AFRICA
Penders, Christopher L.; Staatz, John M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2001
Poor child health and nutrition persist throughout West Africa. This research analyzes the impact of key economic … variables, including income, education and background characteristics, on child health and nutrition across nine different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005339017
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Measurement of Human Recognition: A Methodology with Empirical Applications in India and Kenya
Castleman, Tony - Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), … - 2011
This paper develops and applies a methodology for measuring human recognition, which is defined as the acknowledgement provided to an individual by other individuals, groups, or organizations that he is of inherent value with intrinsic qualities in common with the recognizer. A framework is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320896
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2013 Global Food Policy Report
Marble, Andrew (contributor); Fritschel, Heidi (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food and nutrition security, the series offers … nutrition security. It reviews what happened in food policy and why, examines key challenges and opportunities, shares new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750336
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The Impact of Nutrition during Early Childhood on Education among Guatemalan Adults
Maluccio, John A.; Hoddinott, John; Behrman, Jere R.; … - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2003
Early childhood nutrition is thought to have important effects on education, broadly defined to include various forms … of learning. We advance beyond previous literature on the effect of early childhood nutrition on education in developing … birth to 36 months, our results indicate significantly positive, and fairly substantial, effects of the randomized nutrition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126682