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Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Land-Energy Nexus

Giovannetti, Giorgia; Ticci, Elisa - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2013) 2

his paper explores recent patterns of foreign direct investments (FDI) in land in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with the focus on investment in biofuel crops. It describes the drivers and features of this type of investment compared to general FDI trends in developing countries and SSA. The...

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The resources boom and the two-speed economy

Garton, Phil - In: Economic Roundup (2008) 3, pp. 17-29

The resources boom has prompted much discussion of Australia having become a two-speed economy. There are concerns that the gains from the boom accrue largely to mining-related sectors and the states where these are concentrated, while the rest of the country is being hit by higher interest and...

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Commodity Reform and Extensive Production Growth: Evidence from Burkinabè Cotton Farmers

Kaminski, Jonathan; Thomas, Alban - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) - 2009

Over the 1996-2006 period, Burkina Faso has experienced a reform of its cotton sector, and has become the largest African cotton producer and exporter. The cotton “boom” consisted of a rapid expansion of cotton areas through the growth of land shares allocated to cotton (and new producers),...

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Agriculture Incentives in Sub-Saharan Africa. Policy Challanges.

Townsend, R.F. - World Bank Group - 1999

The main focus of this study is on improving the policy regime in Africa to stimulate agricultural growth. It examines the state of agricultural incentives in Sub-Saharan Africa, taking stock of the current policy environment and its recent evolution, to update knowledge and to help develop a...

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Conflicts, Rural Development and Food Security in West Africa

Flores, Margarita - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2004

This paper examines food security in the context of conflict in West Africa. The analysis developed in the paper recognises the importance of defining conflict type and the trends in conflict so that conflict and post-conflict policies may be implemented. The relationship between food security...

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Using a highly disaggregated multi-regional single-country model to analyse the impacts of the 2002-03 drought on Australia

Horridge, Mark; Madden, John; Wittwer, Glyn - Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), … - 2003

TERM (The Enormous Regional Model) is a "bottom-up" CGE model of Australia which treats each region as a separate economy. TERM was created specifically to deal with highly disag-gregated regional data while providing a quick solution to simulations. This makes it a useful tool for examining the...

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Bottom-up, Bottom-line: Development-Relevant Enterprises in East Africa and their Significance for Agricultural Innovation

Hall, Andy; Clark, Norman; Frost, Andy - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010

-conceived notion of agricultural sector capacity for innovation and development. This paper discusses the emergence of a new class of … developmental activities of government programmes, NGOs and development projects. This type of enterprise activity is not corporate … "bottom-up" and "bottom-line". This paper classifies these organisations as Development-Relevant Enterprises (DevREs …

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AN EVALUATION OF POST-INDEPENDENCE AGRICULTURAL POLICIES IN RELATION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA(1960 - 1987}

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005

AGRICULTURE IN ITS COMMON PARLENCE INCLUDES PRODUCTION, RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN THE FIELDS OF CROPS, FORESTRY, FISHING AND LIVESTOCK. NIGERIAN AGRICULTURE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY LOW FARM INCOMES; LOW CAPACITY LEVEL TO SATISFY FOOD AND FIBRE NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY, AND PRIMITIVE TECHNIQUES OF...

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A Pathway to Adoption of Yield-Enhancing Agricultural Technologies Among the Rural Poor : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Benin

Houndolo, Deo-Gracias - 2020

We tested a novel way of encouraging the adoption of improved maize seeds in Benin. In the treatment group, farmers …

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A Revenue Contingent Loan Instrument for Agricultural Credit with Particular Reference to Drought Relief

Chapman, Bruce; Botterill, Linda Courtenay - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 12 (2009) 2, pp. 181-196

Australia’s National Drought Policy is in need of significant reform. The following analysis considers the potential role to be played by loans provided by the government to farm businesses in periods of adversity, to be repaid depending on future revenue streams. While the economic case for...

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