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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
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Does internal migration improve overall well-being in Ethiopia?:
de Brauw, Alan; Mueller, Valerie; Woldehanna, Tassew - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Ethiopia to examine the welfare impacts of internal migration. Using a number of techniques and various objective and … subjective measures, we measure the impacts of migration on the welfare of migrants versus non-migrants. We find large gains to … migration suggest that barriers exist, even within countries such as Ethiopia, against the free movement of people to places …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762108
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Migration, poverty, and inequality: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Wouterse, F. S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
migration and internal migration within the African continent and inequality, poverty, and social welfare in rural households … negative correlation between internal migration and inequality and a positive correlation between international migration and … inequality. International migration, which involves high costs and risks, appears to be mainly accessible to already wealthy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038054
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Rising wages in Bangladesh:
Zhang, Xiaobo; Rashid, Shahidur; Ahmad, Kaikaus; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Using data from multiple sources, we show that in Bangladesh, the increase in real wages, particularly female wages, has accelerated since the late 2000s, suggesting that the Lewis turning point (the point at which the labor market starts to shift in favor of workers) has arrived in Bangladesh....
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Revisiting the labor demand curve: The wage effects of immigration and women’s entry into the US labor force, 1960–2010:
de Brauw, Alan; Russell, Joseph R. D - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The debate over the wage effects of immigration for native workers is an old one. One side of the debate claims that immigration has little if any negative impact on wages among natives, whereas others suggest that immigration has large, negative effects on native wages. On the latter side of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132665
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The role of clustering in rural industrialization: A Case Study of the Footwear Industry in Wenzhou
Huang, Zuhui; Zhang, Xiaobo; Zhu, Yunwei - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
capital and technology in the incipient stage of industrialization." from Authors' Abstract …
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The development push of refugees: Evidence from Tanzania:
Maystadt, Jean-François; Duranton, Gilles - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Every year, thousands of people flee their country of origin to seek protection mainly in neighboring countries. Understanding better the consequences of temporary population shocks on hosting economies should help to guide policies to enhance resilience in emergency situations. This study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132648
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Environmental migration and labor markets in Nepal:
Maystadt, Jean-François; Mueller, Valerie; Sebastian, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
While an emerging literature cites weather shocks as major determinants of migration, scant evidence exists on how such … migration impacts the labor markets of receiving communities in developing countries. We address this knowledge gap by … investigating the impact of weather-driven internal migration on labor markets in a post-conflict country, Nepal, using household …
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The political economy of Zambia’s recovery: Structural change without transformation?:
Resnick, Danielle; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Using the case of Zambia, this paper examines whether structural change translates into reduced poverty and improved social welfare through an empirical and systematic analysis of the country’s growth trajectory during 1991–2010. We find that growth after 2002 was accompanied by...
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Sinopsis: Informe De La Nutricion Mundial 2014: Fortalecer la accion y la responsabilidad para acelerar los progresos en nutricion en el mundo
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
Una buena nutrición es fundamental para promover vidas saludables, medios de subsistencia sólidos y resistentes, y economías prósperas. Sin ella, estos empeños se asientan sobre terreno inestable. Los niños con retraso de crecimiento no pueden crecer ni desarrollarse adecuadamente, y...
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