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"there is grave concern that progress made in poverty reduction and women's equality will be reversed. Indeed, for many …Widespread economic recessions and protracted financial crises have been documented as setting back gender equality and … exacerbated effects from other crises manifest in food insecurity, poverty, and increasing inequality. This paper explores both …
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poverty reduction but also in economic growth. …
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Rapid economic growth has failed to significantly improve poverty and nutrition outcomes in Tanzania. This raises … concerns over a decoupling of growth, poverty, and nutrition. We link recent production trends to household incomes using a … growth—not the level—is currently constraining the rate of poverty reduction in Tanzania. Most importantly, agricultural …
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, and mitigation of poverty and hunger. Our simulations further suggest that poverty reduction is likely to be larger if the … have any validity, the dire predictions of millions getting trapped in poverty and hunger may turn out to be exaggerated …
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This paper provides a comprehensive review of agricultural policy and public agricultural expenditure (PAE) in China. China shifted away from taxing agriculture to supporting agriculture in the mid-2000s, but the sector faces mounting demographic, biophysical, and trade challenges. PAE in China...
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literature disaggregating the growth–poverty relationship in agriculture. Although our estimated elasticities are higher for …
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Rice is a strategic commodity for food security in West Africa. Its consumption has grown rapidly over time as a result of population growth, urbanization, and increasing purchasing power. Dependency on imported rice exposes the region to external shocks stemming from the global market. Given...
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