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This study evaluates the impacts of a community-driven development (CDD) project on household income and acquisition of …. Participation in the project also increased the income of beneficiaries by about 60%, which is well above the targeted increase of …
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The impact of multinational firms on the domestic agricultural sector in developing countries is controversial, in particular in India. Relying on a unique set of household-level data from the state of Punjab, we study the biggest dairy company in the world (Nestlé) in India and compare its...
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farm, its income, and sustainable GDP. The approach is designed to link micro and macro economic aspects and is based on …
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developed and input-output tables are used to estimate indirect and induced impacts on job, income and municipal finances. It is … impacts are reduced because of spillovers to larger municipalities and other states. Income impacts can be sizable in … particular in small counties. In general, the generated income represents a large share of total municipal product. In relation …
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supply function using data for 15 high income countries, 1971-2001. Our health production function estimates show that … associated with major health risks, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke, and some forms of cancer; large health … establishes the econometric underpinning of an aggregate household health production function and an aggregate household health …
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Using the most recent data from Tanzania, we investigate the impacts of district-level health and education … health and education indicators and their effects on agricultural productivity. Indeed, the marginal productivities of inputs … (labor in particular) respond significantly and positively to health and education outcomes, especially considered jointly …
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The supermarket revolution has arrived in China and is spreading as fast as or faster than anywhere in the world. As the demand for vegetables, fruit, nuts and other high valued products have risen, urban retailers are finding new venues seized on niche and today have over $55 billion in sales,...
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Agricultural research in marginal dry areas can contribute to reducing poverty through the development of technological … implications on where and how research must be targeted to have impact on poverty. Households less endowed in land and natural … resources and with livelihoods only marginally based on farming have to rely on off-farm income or exit agriculture. Poorest …
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Vulnerability to poverty is a major problem in the rural areas of Sub Saharan Africa. Rural Households are confronted … contribution of indigenous fruit trees towards reducing vulnerability to food insecurity and poverty. The methodology used is a … multi-period stochastic household income model. The data were collected in a case study in Zimbabwe using detailed monthly …
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labour are the two fundamental resources available to the rural people for income generation. The access to land and to … rural areas and the poor, although they should be beneficial not only for overall growth, but also rural growth and poverty …
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