Narrow search
Showing 1 - 3 of 3
Cover Image
Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Food Security: Evidence from Yemen
Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Al-Riffai, Perrihan; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
This paper provides a model-based assessment of local and global climate change impacts for the case of Yemen, focusing on agricultural production, household incomes and food security. Global climate change is mainly transmitted through rising world food prices. Our simulation results suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386585
Cover Image
Who bears the costs of climate change? Evidence from Tunisia
Wiebelt, Manfred; Al-Raffai, Perrihan; Breisinger, Clemens - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
In order to estimate the economic costs of climate change for Tunisia, this paper uses a combination of biophysical and economic models. In addition, the paper draws on the literature to complement the quantitative analysis with policy recommendations on how to adapt to the changing climate. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905565
Cover Image
Oil revenues for public investment in Africa: targeting urban or rural areas?
Böhme, Marcus; Breisinger, Clemens; Schweickert, Rainer; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of oil financed public investment on poverty using a dynamic multisectoral general … which favor nontradable activities over export agriculture and manufacturing thereby increasing rural and national poverty … growth, and poverty is less straightforward than simple models of the "resource curse" suggest. Taking Ghana as a stylized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008635830