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Wie viele Leiharbeitskräfte gibt es?: Zur Vergleichbarkeit der Fallzahlen bei Leiharbeit zwischen SOEP und ANÜSTAT

Schlese, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012

structural characteristics of employment and characteristics of temporary work, such as income, job expectations and job …

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Investment of temporarily free resources of Czech seniors – present and perspectives

Novotny, Josef; Polach, Jiri - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Knowledge 2 (2014) 2, pp. 25-38

the elderly is often neglected investment company with regard to their age and income. …

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Greenhouse gas reduction through social inclusion in Brazil

Drouvot, Cláudia Magalhaes; Drouvot, Hubert; Perluss, … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 1, pp. 89-102

, social aid agencies and family farmers with the following overall objectives: create employment and increase income by means …

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Measuring the Poverty Reduction Potential of Land in Rural Mexico

Finan, Frederico; Sadoulet, Elisabeth; de Janvry, Alain - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2002

While access to land is back high on the policy agenda as an instrument to attack poverty, strong reservations have been expressed as to whether this strategy can indeed be effective. To help shed light on this important debate, this paper establishes the conditions under which access to land...

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Change and diversity in smallholder rice-fish systems: Recent evidence from Bangladesh

Dey, Madan M.; SpielmanÂ David J.; Haque, A.B.M. Mahfuzul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

Efforts to unlock the genetic potential of both rice and fish, when combined with efforts to improve the management of riceâ€“fish systems, have considerable proven potential for increasing agricultural productivity and food security. In Bangladesh, estimates suggest that the...

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Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growthâ€“poverty linkages in five African countries:

Dorosh, Paul A.; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

The development debate in Africa south of the Sahara is often cast as â€œagriculture versus nonagriculture.â€ Yet this view overlooks the heterogeneity within these broad sectors and the synergies between them. We estimate sectoral povertyâ€“growth elasticities using economywide...

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Can market-based approaches to technology development and dissemination benefit women smallholder farmers? A qualitative assessment of gender dynamics in the ownership, purchase, a...

Njuki, Jemimah; Waithanji, Elizabeth; Sakwa, Beatrice; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

income from irrigated crops. Results from sales-monitoring data show that women purchase less than 10 percent of the pumps … and men continue to make most of the major decisions on crop choices and income use. These findings vary by type of crop …, with men making major decisions on high-income crops such as tomatoes and women having relatively more autonomy on crops …

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Zimbabwe

Mugabe, Francis T.; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country with a total area of 390,580 square kilometers. The country shares borders with Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, and Namibia. Before 2000, Zimbabwe was one of the most industrialized economies in Africa south of the Sahara, with an extensive...

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Malawi

Saka, John D.K.; Sibale, Pickford; Thomas, Timothy S.; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …

Malawi is located in the eastern part of southern Africa between latitude 9Â°22â€² and 17Â°7â€² South and between longitude 32Â°40â€² and 35Â°55â€² East. Its total area is 118,483 square kilometers, of which 94,275 square kilometers is land, while 24,208 square kilometers...

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South Africa

Johnston, Peter; Thomas, Timothy S.; Hachigonta, Sepo; … - In: Southern African agriculture and climate change: A …

In examining agricultural vulnerability to climate change in South Africa, we see that an important factor is the enormous existing socioeconomic disparity in access to resources, poverty levels, and capacities to adapt. Recent research results suggest that the South African farming sector is...

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