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Organic agriculture in least developed countries in relation to the development of the organic farming sector in Poland : the example of African xountries versus the organic sector...
Rydz-Żbikowska, Anna - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 209-230
Over the past few years, organic farming has seen a dynamic development globally. In 2015, the global market for organic products was €81.6 billion, rising to more than €90 billion in 2018 (Światowy rynek produktów ekologicznych osiągnął wartość 90 mld euro 2019). There has also been...
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Urbanisation in developing economies : building cities that work
Venables, Anthony - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 5 (2018) 1, pp. 91-100
This paper reviews recent work on the economics of fast growing developing country cities, with a focus on Africa. It sets out some of the broad facts about African urbanisation and summarises two recent pieces of research work. The first argues that coordination failure can create multiple...
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Remotely-sensed market activity as a short-run economic indicator in rural areas of developing countries
von Carnap, Tillmann - 2021
Effective targeting of social policies and their rigorous evaluation requires relevant and accurate data. With the …
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Monitoring and Evaluation for Adaptation: Lessons from Development Co-operation Agencies
Lamhauge, Nicolina - 2011
effectiveness, equity and efficiency of adaptation interventions. Robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is an essential part of …
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Evaluating rural electrification projects : methodological approaches
Peters, Jörg - 2009
In recent years, the international community has expanded efforts in programme evaluation to improve the accountability …, results from such ex-ante evaluations provide insights for the project design, thereby reducing the gap between evaluation … researchers and practitioners. -- Impact evaluation ; ex-ante impact assessment ; electricity access ; rural development …
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Operationalizing experience : donor approaches to service delivery in fragile states
DiCaprio, Alisa - 2013
, monitoring and evaluation are critical components of effective assistance. By highlighting trends in the strategies that donors … future project and evaluation design. …
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Delivering good aid in hard places : the Yemen Social Fund for Development approach
Al-Iryani, Lamis; De Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - 2013
The Yemen Social Fund for Development (SFD) was established in 1997 with the support of the international community, and in particular the World Bank, to combat national poverty and reinforce the limited existing social safety net. Since its inception, SFD has been widely viewed as successful in...
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Corruption, Investment and Economic Growth in Developing Countries : A Panel Smooth Transition Regression Approach
2019
This article studies from a sample of 110 countries between 2006 and 2016, the relationship between Corruption, investment and growth. Using the Panel Smooth Transition Regression (PSTR), we show that there is a non-linearity between growth and investment versus corruption, characterized by a...
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Harmonising Climate Risk Management : Adaptation Screening and Assessment Tools for Development Co-operation
Hammill, Anne - 2011
Development planners and project managers have used a wide variety of tools to manage a broad range of environmental risks, including those posed by climate variability, for a long time. Some of these tools have also now been modified to take into account the risks posed by climate change. At...
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Data for development : DAC member priorities and challenges
Sanna, Valentina; Mc Donnell, Ida - 2017
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development commits the international community to support the modernisation and strengthening of national statistical capacities and systems in developing countries and to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely, reliable and disaggregated...
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