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The theory and practice of agriculture, growth, and development in Africa
Badiane, Ousmane; Makombe, Tsitsi - 2014
Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from … agriculture therein, and the pace of structural transformation in Africa over the last 50 years. The evolution has involved …-based strategies exemplified under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). …
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The Myth of 'African Growth Tragedy' : Past, Present and Future
Zhang, Tianze - 2018
In the late 1990s, as economists looked back the development period in Africa since 1970s, they put forward the notion … “African growth tragedy” , meaning that Africa's poor growth and resulting low income is associated with low schooling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910710
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Do the Chinese bring Chitukuko? : rural Malawian understandings of Chinese development
Mcnamara, Thomas - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 29 (2017) 8, pp. 1149-1165
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Promotion of trade and Investments between China and India : the case of Southwest China and East and Northeast India
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; De, Prabir - 2005
Open regionalism and integration between the world's two largest developing countries - the People's Republic of China (China) and India - in trade, investments and infrastructure development can foster outward-oriented development and economic and social benefits that could result in poverty...
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The agricultural and the democratic transitions: causality and the roundup model
Gundlach, Erich; Paldam, Martin - 2009
Long-run development (in income) causes a large fall in the share of agriculture commonly known as the agricultural transition. We confirm that this conventional wisdom is strongly supported by the data. Long-run development (in income) also causes a large increase in democracy known as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265234
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The agricultural and the democratic transitions : causality and the roundup model
Gundlach, Erich; Paldam, Martin - 2009
Long-run development (in income) causes a large fall in the share of agriculture commonly known as the agricultural transition. We confirm that this conventional wisdom is strongly supported by the data. Long-run development (in income) also causes a large increase in democracy known as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003838434
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Aid, employment and inclusive growth in conflict-affected countries : policy recommendations for Liberia
Castillo, Graciana del - 2012
The experience and lessons of the last two decades have shown that ignoring the key differences between the economics of peace and the economics of development has been a major reason why countries relapse into conflict. This paper briefly analyses such differences and their important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537696
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Decisive Facts on the Present Climate Development
Bennewitz, Jürgen - 2015
The world temperature will increase at the end of the present century by about 6 °C or more. It is expected that the ice on the Antarctic continent melts within the next generations as well as the ice of Greenland. As a consequence the ocean level may raise up to even 60 meters, not only 2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039223
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The Agricultural and the Democratic Transitions Causality and the Roundup Model
Gundlach, Erich - 2015
Long-run development (in income) causes a large fall in the share of agriculture commonly known as the agricultural transition. We confirm that this conventional wisdom is strongly supported by the data. Long-run development (in income) also causes a large increase in democracy known as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039512
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Agroindustrialization, Globalization, and International Development. An Overview of Issues, Patterns, and Determinants
Reardon, Thomas; Barrett, Christopher B. - 2013
This paper offers an overview for a special issue on agroindustrialization, globalization, and international development. It sets out a conceptual framework for understanding the links among these three broad phenomena and then discusses emerging issues and evidence concerning the factors...
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