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Food processing is a high value-added sector which brings opportunities for long-term employment, skills development and technology transfer. This paper considers the potential for developing Mozambique's food processing industry for the purpose of enhancing the country's industrial landscape....
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misallocation in agriculture during the period between 2006 and 2016. Despite rapid growth in agricultural productivity and a … productivity over time. Our analysis also reveals important differences between the north and south regions. …
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productivity to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future. While increased agricultural productivity can improve economic … the proper tools with which to monitor sustainable agricultural productivity gains, identify countries and sectors lagging … consortium should monitor agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) to provide international comparisons and track performance …
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Argentina's G20 presidency has emphasized the needs to improve soil management and increase agricultural productivity … in a sustainable way to achieve an inclusive and resilient food future. While increases in agricultural productivity … community needs to have the proper tools to monitor sustainable agricultural productivity gains, identifying countries and …
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Using dynamic panel models with data for 62 developing countries, this paper examines whether growth in agriculture elicits growth in manufacturing. For identification, I use population-weighted, average temperature as an instrument for growth in agriculture. I identify large short-run effects:...
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The role of agricultural development for industrialization is central both to several theories of economic development and policy. However, empirically assessing the impact of agricultural growth on manufacturing growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. To address the...
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of agricultural productivity in structural transformation in the labor market, with a focus on the differences between a … elasticity of wage with respect to productivity increase in agriculture. For productivity growth to lead to a demand effect, the … allocation to the production of town good. Using rainfall as an instrument for agricultural productivity, the empirical analysis …
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Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP). A robust gender-disaggregated baseline was established to provide operational …
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The paper examines the role of foreign aid in building capacity to address climate change. While the experience with this topic is relatively recent and not yet extensive, analogous questions have arisen in many other areas of foreign aid. It is likely that climate change aid programmes work...
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This paper is the first to present panel data evidence on the longer-term impact of expansion of global value chains and large-scale export-oriented farms in developing countries. Using panel data from two survey rounds covering a seven-year period and fixed effects regression, we estimate the...
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