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The Mission : Human Capital Transmission, Economic Persistence and Culture in South America
Valencia Caicedo, Felipe - 2019
This article examines the long-term consequences of a historical human capital intervention. The Jesuit order founded religious missions in 1609 among the Guarani, in modern-day Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Before their expulsion in 1767, missionaries instructed indigenous inhabitants in...
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Background paper : research and development and extension services in agriculture and food security
Wesley, Annie S.; Faminow, Merle D. - 2014
Investments in agricultural research and extension have consistently demonstrated high rates of return in Asia and the … development and extension services through the two-pronged approach of boosting food production and preventing losses. Priority … and extension to address the numerous challenges along the pathway from agriculture production and distribution to …
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Development of Potato in Bihar-Issues and Strategies
Singh, Krishna M. - 2013
Potato is the fourth major food crop after rice, wheat and maize in Bihar. It occupies less than 5% of net sown area with production only 4th after rice, wheat and maize. Potato a short duration crop has special significance since it gives exceptionally high yields/unit area/unit time and has...
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The Poverty of Nations - The Aid Dilemma at the Heart of Africa
Morton, James - 2021
Why, after 30 years of aid, were so many African countries no better off in the 1980s than they had been at independence? Why, indeed, were so many of them slipping back and earlier economic achievements being undermined?Concentrating on Sudan, the Poverty of Nations examined what had gone wrong...
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Farms versus firms in economic development : the assumptions and consequences of learning dynamics in agriculture and mnufacturing
Srinivas, Smita; Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro - 2015
Economic development theories and their learning frameworks differently address farms and firms. This article argues that the traditional double-standard of the primacy of manufacturing rests on a debatable stages model that under-recognizes learning and innovation in agriculture and its...
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Agriculture and development: A brief review of the literature
Dethier, Jean-Jacques; Effenberger, Alexandra - In: Economic Systems 36 (2012) 2, pp. 175-205
seeds and inputs, agricultural extension, credit, rural infrastructure, connection to markets, rural non-farm employment …
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The Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology
Pray, Carl E.; Naseem, Anwar - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003
This paper examines the economic determinants and impacts of agricultural research, particularly biotechnology research, with a view to understanding the potential of agricultural biotechnology to address the needs of the poor in developing countries. It surveys public and private agricultural...
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Biotechnology R&D: Policy options to ensure access and benefits for the poor
Pray, Carl E.; Naseem, Anwar - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003
The majority of biotech research and almost all of the commercialization of genetically engineered crops has been done by private firms based in industrialized countries. The dominance of the private sector in biotechnology research and product development has raised concern in developing...
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New Functions of Universities in Century XXI Towards "Fourth Generation" Universities
Lukovics, Miklós; Zuti, Bence - In: Transition Studies Review 22 (2015) 2, pp. 33-48
Nowadays, many successful examples prove that universities have a significant role in the enhancement of different regions. The competitiveness of regions is affected and altered by globalization and other background processes that serve as arrangers of regional structure and for this reason...
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Educational content, educational institutions and economic development : lessons from history
Cantoni, Davide; Yuchtman, Noam - 2012
Individuals' choices of educational content are often shaped by the political economy of government policies that determine the incentives to acquire various skills. We first present a model to show how differences in educational content emerge as an equilibrium outcome of private decisions and...
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