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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038150
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Agricultural exit problems: Causes and consequences
Headey, Derek; Bezemer, Dirk; Hazell, Peter B. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
, such as Asia and Africa. The pattern in developing Asia is characterized by fast growth and slow urbanization, primarily as … slow growth with rapid urbanization stemming from urban-biased policies, low rural population density, and high rates of … population growth. But whereas Africa's path of urbanization without growth presents problems like unemployment, congestion, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038038
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Agriculture for development in Iraq?: Estimating the impacts of achieving the agricultural targets of the national development plan 2013–2017 on economic growth, incomes, and gender equality:
Al-Haboby, Azhr; Breisinger, Clemens; Debowicz, Darío; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper estimates the potential effects of achieving the agricultural goals set out in Iraq’s National Development Plan (NDP) 2013–2017 using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The findings suggest that raising agricultural productivity in accordance with the NDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132687
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Towards understanding economic growth in Africa: A reinterpretation of the Lewis Model:
Diao, Xinshen; McMillan, Margaret S. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132690
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Value chains and nutrition: A framework to support the identification, design, and evaluation of interventions:
Gelli, Aulo; Hawkes, Corinna; Donovan, Jason; Harris, Jody - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
In this paper we explore how a value chain framework can inform the design of interventions for achieving improved nutrition. Conceptually, there are three main channels for value chains to improve nutrition: (1) through increased consumption of nutritious foods (a demand side pathway); or (2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200208
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The Idea of Inclusive Growth and Development Policy:
Naqvi, Syed Nawab Haider - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
The evolution of development policy over time can be characterized as a faltering pursuit of inclusive growth: namely, an integrated program of achieving highest possible rate of growth of the real GDP that doubles per capita income within a short period of time, with an eye on distributive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762158
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Impact simulation of ECOWAS rice self-sufficiency policy:
Fofana, Ismaël; Goundan, Anatole; Domgho, Magne; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
of population growth, urbanization, and increasing purchasing power. Dependency on imported rice exposes the region to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152381
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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752685
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Urbanization and spatial connectivity in Ethiopia:
Schmidt, Emily; Kedir, Mekamu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This study uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques to estimate urbanization rates in Ethiopia, using a … areas. Defining the minimum population of an urban area as 50,000, the urbanization rate has risen from only 3.7 percent in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114822
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Urbanization and fertility rates in Ethiopia:
Tadesse, Fanaye; Headey, Derek - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
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