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Economic transformation in Ghana: Where will the path lead?
Kolavalli, Shashi; Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z.; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
In the context of the Ghanaian government’s objective of structural transformation with an emphasis on manufacturing, this paper provides a case study of economic transformation in Ghana, exploring patterns of growth, sectoral transformation, and agglomeration. We document and examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132635
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Agricultural research: a growing global divide?
Pardey, Philip G.; Beintema, Nienke M.; Dehmer, Steven; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Sustained, well-targeted, and effectively used investments in R&D have reaped handsome rewards from improved agricultural productivity and cheaper, higher quality foods and fibers. As we begin a new millennium, the global patterns of investments in agricultural R&D are changing in ways that may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996767
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The dragon and the elephant: Agricultural and rural reforms in China and India
Gulati, Ashok (contributor); Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
China and India are the most extraordinary economic success stories of the developing world. Both nations’ economies … capita incomes in China and India have quadrupled and doubled, respectively. This book investigates the reasons for these … to China and India’s economic development, such as the need to ensure growth that is sustainable, equitable, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132824
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2012 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2013
This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010630750
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China's Innovation System and the Move Toward Harmonious Growth and Endogenous Innovation
Gu, Shulin; Lundvall, Bengt-Åke - DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of … - 2006
Observers around the world are impressed by the rapid growth of China’s economy. While outside observers tend to focus … on the success story of unprecedented growth policy documents and recent domestic debates in China have pointed to the …’. This paper attempts to capture the current characteristics of China’s production and innovation system; how they were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005273145
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Asymmetric property rights in China's economic growth:
Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
drivers of China's rapid economic growth. But the same factor can veer those individuals being deprived of land into violence … and social unrest, which may undermine China's social stability and long-term sustainable growth." from Authors' Abstract …
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