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How do financial reforms affect inequality through financial sector competition? Evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

In the first empirical study on how financial reforms have been instrumental in mitigating inequality through financial sector competition, we contribute at the same time to the macroeconomic literature on measuring financial development and respond to the growing field of economic development...

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Food and nutrition of Bangladesh

Mohajan, Haradhan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

became more than double. In Bangladesh, about 31.51% of the populations still live below the poverty line, heavily … trying to reduce poverty by implementing various kinds of Social Safety Net Programmes. The government also imposes subsidies … permanent solution to food security and economic development of the citizens. In Bangladesh, during 2000 to 2005, income poverty …

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Should Poverty Measurement Discount Expenditure on Pan, Tobacco and Alcohol? The Indian case

Motkuri, Venkatanarayana; Mishra, Uday Shankar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

Poverty in Indian context has always generated contests and controversies regarding its concepts, measurement, levels … and implications on several aspects of human welfare. This paper cautions on the validity of poverty assessment indicated … approach of poverty assessment. …

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Impact of Self Help Groups on the food security and non-food consumption of weaker sections of the society

Swamy, Vighneswara; B.K., Tulasimala - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Microfinance across the globe is being practiced as a tool to mitigate poverty and chiefly as an empowerment tool to …

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Evidence-based research and its effect on policymaking:

Islam, Nurul - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Evidence-based research is widely recognized as an essential input in effective economic policymaking. However, for the results of their research to influence policy, the research community must overcome a variety of challenges, including the absence of adequate and relevant data, differences of...

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The impact of India's rural employment guarantee on demand for agricultural technology:

Bhargava, Anil K. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

This paper investigates whether this increase in the opportunity cost of agricultural labor incentivizes farm owners to adopt labor-saving agricultural technology. Using a regression discontinuity design and new Indian agricultural census data, this paper finds that NREGA causes a shift of...

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Aligning public expenditure for agricultural development priorities under rapid transformation: The case of China:

Yu, Bingxin; Chen, Kevin Z.; Zhang, Haisen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

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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Role of water

Koo, Jawoo; Cox, Cindy M.; Siebert, Stefan; Doll, Petra - In: Atlas of African agriculture research and development: …

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Urban wage behavior and food price inflation: the case of Ethiopia [Research Note]:

Headey, Derek D.; Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane; Worku, Ibrahim; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

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Resilience for food and nutrition security

Fan, Shenggen (contributor); Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

In recent years, many people and parts of the world have been hit by major shocks ranging from conflicts, erratic weather patterns, earthquakes, droughts, and floods to food price spikes. At the same time, poor people and communities remain vulnerable to shocks that may be smaller in...

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