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poverty reduction but also in economic growth. …
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Africa’s recent economic growth is at a historical high, the patterns associated with this growth appear to be quite different from the Asian experiences where rapid growth was fueled by labor intensive, export-oriented manufacturing. Because this pattern differs with our typical view of...
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to reduce poverty than increasing export-crop production. This conclusion is based on case studies of ten low …
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variability and change on economic growth and poverty reduction in Zambia. The hydro-crop model is first used to estimate the … DCGE model to assess the impact of climate variability on economic growth and poverty. We find that climate variability … below the national poverty line by 2016. A similar method is also used to examine the potential impact of climate change on …
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Yemen is an oil-exporting and food-importing country on the Arabian Peninsula with persistently high levels of poverty … levels; new estimates are subject to much debate; and the current state of poverty in Yemen remains unclear. In this paper, a … consistent economic framework is presented to help close this information gap and to better understand growth and poverty …
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The lack of updated information about food security is of concern to many countries, especially during and after economic crises, natural disasters, and conflicts. In this paper we present an analytical framework for assessing the effects of such crises on food security. This methodology can...
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particularly erratic, and while the incidence of poverty has declined, it still remains high. The Malawian government, within the …, simply achieving the CAADP target of six percent will not be sufficient to halve poverty by 2015, i.e. achieving the first … the poverty line by 2015 and significantly improve the well-being of both rural and urban households." from authors …
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"This paper takes a local perspective on global food price shocks by analyzing food price transmission between regional markets in Ghana. It also assesses the impacts of differential local food price increases on various household groups. Taking the recent global food crisis as an example, we...
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