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DER NORDWESTDEUTSCHE VIEHHANDEL IN ZEITEN ZUNEHMENDER INTERNA-TIONALISIERUNG – SITUATION UND WETTBEWERBSFÄHIGKEIT

Recke, Guido; Theuvsen, Ludwig; Venhaus, Nadine; Voss, Anja - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2011

Der grenzüberschreitende Handel mit Schlacht- und Nutzvieh ist in den vergangenen Jahren erheblich ausgebaut worden. Vor allem die Handelsströme zwischen der nordwestdeutschen Veredelungsregion sowie den Niederlanden und Dänemark sind stark angeschwollen. Auffäl-lig ist, dass der...

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Development impact of higher education in Africa: The case of Uganda

Obowna, Marios; Ssewanyana, Sarah N. - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2007

Using macro data from a series of household surveys, the paper demonstrates that to some extent there is positive correlation between per capita GDP growth and student enrollment in public universities in Uganda. It also finds that the higher education graduates employed in those sectors which...

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Enhancing contributions of the informal sector to National development: The case of Uganda

Muwonge, Abdu; Obwona, Marios; Nambwaayo, Victoria - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2007

Regardless of the definition of the informal sector, there is wide spread consensus that the sector is important to the developing world. The International Lab-our Organization estimated that in 1990, 21 percent of the Sub-Saharan Africa's 227 million labour force was working in the informal...

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Public spending composition and public sector efficiency: Implications for growth and poverty reduction in Uganda

Sennoga, Edward B.; Matovu, John Mary - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2010

economic growth and poverty reduction. We utilize a dynamic CGE model to study these interrelationships. This paper … demonstrates that public spending composition does indeed influence economic growth and poverty reduction. In particular, this … health leads to higher GDP growth rates and accelerates poverty reduction. Moreover, the rate of poverty is faster in rural …

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Overcoming Inefficient Land-Holding of Part-Time and Absent Small Farmers - A Challenge to Nobel Economics Laureate Theodore W. Schultz

Zhou, Jian-Ming - Agecon Search - 2002

Paper presented at the International Symposium Sustaining Food Security and Managing Natural Resources in Southeast Asia - Challenges for the 21st Century Organized by University of Hohenheim, Germany Chiang Mai University and Kasetsart University, Thailand International Center for Research in...

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ChalÂlenÂges of eduÂcaÂtiÂon and inÂnoÂvaÂtiÂon. ProÂceeÂdings of the Fourth Green Week SciÂenÂtiÂfic ConÂfeÂrence.

Kashtanova, Elena G.; Leeds, Elke M.; Rivera, William M.; … - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2010

This volume of proceedings, available as both a hard copy and a pdf file, is an edited compilation of selected contributions to the Conference on Modern Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe (MACE) 2010, held in Berlin, Germany, at the ICC on the 13th and 14th of January 2010. We would like...

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Agriculture in the Western Balkan Countries

Volk, Tina; Rednak, Miroslav; Erjavec, Emil; Cela, Roland; … - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2010

The current publication covers Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99, the FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and provides an overview of the agricultural situation in the European Union (EU) candidate and potential candidate countries of the Western Balkans (WBs)....

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The Socioeconomic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education Outcomes in Uganda: School Enrolment and the Schooling Gap in 2002/03

Kasirye, Ibrahim; Hisali, Eria - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2008

Due to high prime-age mortality in Uganda, a result of the HIV/AIDS scourge, the number of children who have lost at least one parent continues to rise in the country. The increase in numbers of orphans has challenged the overall socio-protection mechanisms and in particular threatens the...

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Localised Agri-food Systems in Italy: strategies for competitiveness and role of institutional factors

Mantino, Franco - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

This paper focuses on the notion of localised agricultural and agro-food system as unit of analysis (LAFS). LAFSs appear to be as quite resilient and dynamic systems. As we will see, the analysis of exports in the last years can provide enough evidence of their strong resilience and capability...

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Exploring best practices in territorial management for rural tourism and agritourism

Ciani, Adriano - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

This paper suggests that we need to change the management strategy of territory to prevent harmful event and natural disasters. We need to move from an “emergency management” to a “preventive management” that tends to preserve the characteristics and potential of the areas. The paper...

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