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This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
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The negative correlation between resource endowments and GDP growth remains one of the most robust findings in the empirical growth literature, and has been coined the “resource curse hypothesis”. The policy consequences of this result are potentially far reaching. If natural resources are...
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assess the role of gender equity and uniquely women entrepreneurship in the process of socio-economic development. Implying a … set of variables, treated as proxies of gender equality and women entrepreneurship, we estimate their coherence with socio …A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to …
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daughters will earn over their lifetimes. To help right gender imbalances, the authors consider policies to encourage adoption … competition in off-farm labor markets, and to eliminate discrimination against women. The authors conclude that there is no … conflict between policies to enhance the efficiency of investments in land and human capital and policies to promote gender …
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to financial inclusion, and it is observed that women are more vulnerable than men are to lack financial inclusion. In … for development, policymakers should consider policies that enhance literacy, eliminate gender inequality and increase pay …
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In this article, we survey the theoretical literature investigating the role of gender inequality in economic … development. The vast majority of theories reviewed suggest that gender inequality is a barrier to development, particularly over … the long run. Among the many plausible mechanisms through which inequality between men and women affects the aggregate …
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