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Evaluating the efficiency of a N-input tax under different policy scenarios at different scales
Petsakos, Athanasios; Jayet, Pierre-Alain - 2010
Nitrate pollution from agriculture is an important environmental problem, caused bythe excessive use of inorganic fertilizers. The internalization of this externality, via a tax onmineral nitrogen, could lead to a second best solution, reducing nitrate emissions. Severalauthors suggest that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442765
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Garment Industry and Economic Empowerment: A case study of Swaziland
Panin, Anthony; Mthombo, Thabile T. - 2008
This paper examines the extent to which garment industry in Swaziland has contributed to the economic empowerment of the Swazi people through creation of new jobs and improvement in their overall welfare. In Swaziland as elsewhere in many African countries, unemployment has been and is still a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446369
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Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Irish Potato Producers in Kenya: A Case of Nyandarua North District
Nyagaka, Daniel; Obare, Gideon A.; Nguyo, Wilson - 2009
With declining Irish potato production trends in Kenya this paper identifies and analyses factors that influence the economic efficiency of smallholder Irish potato producers in Kenya by drawing on data from random sample of 130 smallholder farmers from Nyandarua North district. A dual...
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Policy and Institutional effects on market participation by smallholder rice farmers: case studies in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Toure, Ali; Bamba, Ibrahim; Diagne, Aliou; Harouna, Kore; … - 2008
Rice sector contributes significantly to secure households with regard to their food needs but also to the creation of employments and income generation. The sector development and its evolution over the years have been marked by various policies and approaches. These development stages of the...
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Has Imported Rice Crowded-out Domestic Rice Production in Ghana? What has Been the Role of Policy?
Asuming-Brempong, Samuel; Osei-Asare, Yaw Bonsu - 2008
Commercial rice imports have accounted for approximately 61%, food aid in rice accounted for about 2%, and domestic rice accounted for some 37% per annum of rice consumption in Ghana over the four years between 2000 and 2003. Compared to the 1990s, these figures show a gradual decline in the...
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Staple food prices in Kenya
Ariga, Joshua; Jayne, Thomas S.; Njukia, Stephen - 2010
has a crucial role to play in developing strong output markets in Africa. However, there are major controversies as to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445988
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Are Staple Food Markets in Africa Efficient? Spatial Price Analyses and Beyond
Rashid, Shahidur; Minot, Nicholas - 2010
The main objective of this paper is to examine whether the staple food markets in Africa are efficient. It does so by … in market integration in sub-Saharan Africa, and providing evidence from recently conducted surveys on the determinants …
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Rice Trade Policies and Their Implications for Food Security
Durand-Morat, Alvaro; Wailes, Eric J. - 2011
There is a strong linkage between the behavior of the rice market and the state of food security inmany regions around the world, particularly in Asia, as made evident in the 2007-08 commoditycrisis. Rice is a staple for the majority of the population in Asia, where roughly 60% of the close...
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Information and Firms’ Search Behavior
Aker, Jenny; Tack, Jesse B. - 2011
Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have spread rapidly over the past decade. There has been considerable interest in the effect of such technology on search costs, search behavior and welfare outcomes, particularly in developing countries. This paper investigates the impact of a...
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IMPACTS OF LARGE SCALE EXPANSION OF BIOFUELS ON GLOBAL POVERTY AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION
Cororaton, Caesar B.; Timilsina, Govinda R.; Mevel, Simon - 2010
global poverty. The increase largely comes from South Asia (particularly India) and Sub-Saharan Africa. Significant number of … countries in Sub-Saharan Africa show higher poverty with large scale expansion of biofuels. However, poverty declines in East … the GINI coefficient in Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia. There is a small reduction in the GINI coefficient in the rest …
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