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collaboration between national universities and research institutes, and the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of … and socially inclusive rural development in the Sahel are discussed, including their interactions and implications for …, expanding off-farm employment opportunities can greatly contribute to rural development in the Sahel, particularly by aiding …
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simulated results suggest three conclusions.First, most sub-Saharan economies gain more from research and development (R …
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Rural households comprise a large share of the population in developing countries. This dissertation examines how the welfare of these households, whose economic activity mainly relies on agriculture, is affected by weather shocks and healthshocks in the context of West Africa and Vietnam. In...
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some of the main findings from the historical view of Brazilian agriculture development. The arguments should rest here on … development, but organizing some important historical facts can help creating a full picture. The future challenge is to include …
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This paper explores the impact of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on food security by using a gravity model to examine the regional changes in trade in agricultural products. This is followed by a discussion of how this might affect the four dimensions of food security,...
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agricultural development in Timor-Leste and how such development can be achieved. This is done in two steps. The first one takes …
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important role in this development and East Timor is fortunate to have a large petroleum fund to utilize for economic growth and … development. Unfortunately, the fund is about to dry up. There are also clear signs that a large part of investments and … development efforts are misplaced. Political conflicts and weak institutions are explaining some of the failures to generate a …
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One of the key economic development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is its low agricultural productivity … development, credit, institutional, and trade and price stabilization policies. We use the system two-step Generalized Method of … Moments to examine whether official development assistance (ODA) for agriculture and rural development is helping to boost …
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We show with the aid of pooled OLS estimations that investments in improved road infrastructure have the potential to signi cantly reduce transport costs. However, this result can only be clearly con rmed for industrial countries and is of primary importance for production and transportation of...
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agricultural development in Timor-Leste and how such development can be achieved. This is done in two steps. The first one takes …
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