Resultados das investigações do Departamento de Análise de Políticas MAP-Direcção de Economía

Research Results from the Department of Policy Analysis MARD-Directorate of Economics

This paper assesses three of these policy initiatives: input credit provision for smallholder producers of selected cash crops including cotton, the proposed creation of a Cotton Board, and the emergence in 2003 of District Council levies as a point of conflict between local governments and...

Resultados das investigações do Departamento de Análise de Políticas MAP-Direcção de Economía

Research Results from the Policy Analysis Department, MADER – Directorate of Economics, In collaboration with Michigan State University

Produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development under the WACIP project funded by USAID (Programme de Renforcement du Secteur Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre

Resultados de Pesquisa do Departamento de Análise de Políticas MADR-Direcção de Economia

This paper describes the different food policy courses pursued in recent years by four countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, and documents their differential effects on farmer and consumer behavior. Results are based primarily on a survey and synthesis of recent analysis. The paper...

This paper attempts to develop a set of principles and approaches to food aid, and specifically to monetization, that balance pragmatic short-run considerations against the need to pursue better long-term solutions. The paper summarizes trends in U.S. foreign assistance, and reviews historical...

During April and May, 1994, the questionnaire was completed with the person in each household who was responsible for food purchases. At this time, white maize availability was increasing due to the recent harvest, while yellow maize availability was beginning to decline after a long period of...