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Climate and Food Production: Understanding Vulnerability from Past Trends in Africa’s Sudan-Sahel
Yengoh, Genesis T. - In: Sustainability 5 (2012) 1, pp. 52-71
Just how influential is rainfall on agricultural production in the Sudan-Sahel of Africa? And, is there evidence that … support for small-scale farming can reduce the vulnerability of crop yields to rainfall in these sensitive agro … biophysical environment for food crop cultivation, the influence of rainfall in agriculture can be diluted by proactive policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011029852
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A survey of the causes of civil conflicts : natural factors and economic conditions
Couttenier, Mathieu; Soubeyran, Raphael - In: Revue d'économie politique 125 (2015) 6, pp. 787-810
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480639
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Controlling for import price effects in Civil War regressions
Janus, Thorsten; Riera-Crichton, Daniel - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 24 (2018) 2, pp. 1-7
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011862777
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Key policies and socio-economic growth factors of rural areas in the European Union
Rusali, Mirela-Adriana - 2016
Economic growth driven by a broad spectrum of factors is essential to long-term, sustainable development. From this … perspective the paper approaches the economic growth of rural areas in Romania in light of the Europe 2020 Strategy, in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689284
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Key policies and socio-economic growth factors of rural areas in the European Union
Rusali, Mirela-Adriana - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 388-395). 2016
Economic growth driven by a broad spectrum of factors is essential to long-term, sustainable development. From this … perspective the paper approaches the economic growth of rural areas in Romania in light of the Europe 2020 Strategy, in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591793
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Institutions and the Resource Curse
Mehlum, Halvor; Moene, Karl; Torvik, Ragnar - Institut for Miljø og Erhvervsøkonomi, Syddansk … - 2004
Countries rich in natural resources constitute both growth losers and growth winners. We claim that the main reason for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005482003
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Cursed by resources or institutions?
Mehlum, Halvor; Moene, Karl Ove; Torvik, Ragnar - Institutt for Samfunnsøkonomi, Norges … - 2005
Natural resource abundant countries constitute both growth losers and growth winners, and the main difference between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005764114
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Addressing the natural resource curse: An illustration from Nigeria
Sala-i-Martín, Xavier; Subramanian, Arvind - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2003
Some natural resources—oil and minerals in particular—exert a negative and nonlinear impact on growth via their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772190
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HDR 1992 - Global Dimensions of Human Development
UNDP - Human Development Report Office, United Nations …
The world has a unique opportunity to use global markets for the benefit of all nations and all people. The 2002 Report looks at the workings of these global markets - at how they meet, or fail to meet, the needs of the world's poorest people. The outcome of this task highlights a serious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467224
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Institutions and the resource curse
Mehlum, Halvor; Moene, Karl; Torvik, Ragnar - EconWPA - 2002
Countries rich in natural resources constitute both growth losers and growth winners. We claim that the main reason for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408250