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Measuring Agricultural Policy Bias: General Equilibrium Analysis of Fifteen Developing Countries
Jensen, Henning Tarp; Sherman, Robinson; Tarp, Finn - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The measurement issue is the key issue in the literature on trade policy-induced agricultural price incentive bias. This paper introduces a general equilibrium effective rate of protection (GE-ERP) measure, which extends and generalizes earlier partial equilibrium nominal protection measures....
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Obesity epidemic: the role of retailing sector in promoting fruit and vegetable consumption
Fioriti, Linda; Marchini, Andrea; Diotallevi, Francesco; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
After a deep review of the main economic studies and applications about the emerging problem of obesity, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259813
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Obesity and Diabetes, the Built Environment, and the ‘Local’ Food Economy
Matthew, Salois - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Obesity and diabetes are increasingly attributed to environmental factors, however, little attention has been paid to … ‘local’ food economy with county-level prevalence of obesity and diabetes. Key indicators of the ‘local’ food economy include … environment is strongly associated with prevalence of obesity and diabetes and a strong 'local' food economy may play an important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794668
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On the composite indicators for food security: Decisions matter!
Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
During the past decades, there has been much debate on food security. A variety of indicators have been proposed in order to establish which countriesare in need of improved food security status. The heterogeneity of existing indicators and the lack of consensus on how to compare and rank...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110975
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Food security in South Asia: strategies and programmes for regional collaboration
Iqbal, Muhammad; Amjad, Rashid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The study examines movements over time in key factors influencing food security in South Asia. Country level and regional level food security indices (FSI) were constructed to track progress in achieving food security keeping in view its availability, stability, access, and nutritional status...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112835
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AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD SECURITY POLICY IN ERITREA - AN ANALYSIS
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
guarantee food security by introducing modern technology, irrigation, terracing, soil and water conservation, with less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786953
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Do subsidies matter in food price stabilization? Evidences from Ethiopia in a computable general equilibrium framework
Woldie, Getachew Abebe; Siddig, Khalid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In the poorest countries like Ethiopia the spillover effects of a soaring food price is unbearable. To mitigate the recent rise in food prices and the burden on urban poor consumers, policy makers have considered various measures. A recent shift from subsidizing oil to grain to ease the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855254
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Agricultural Policy Reforms and Structural Adjustments in Bangladesh
Hasan, Mohammad Monirul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper depicts the agricultural policy reforms and structural changes in Bangladesh from independence to the present times. Bangladesh agriculture has experienced major structural changes and achieved major successes over the last three and a half decades. Reforms began in the late 1970s and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107547
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Coping with Risks in the Mediterranean Countries? Let the experts explain
Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano; Adinolfi, Felice; Capitanio, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
A decade of major political, institutional, economic and societal changes is challenging the Mediterranean Area: in a more and more globalized Europe the primary sectors of Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs) are largely influenced by recent trends. The resulting exposure of Mediterranean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258182
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Trade and agricultural policies in Malawi: Not all policy reform is equally good for the poor
Douillet, Mathilde - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The reduction of the existing global distortions to agricultural incentives is sometimes stated as a priority to fight poverty worldwide. But the impacts of global trade policy and domestic development policy reforms are rarely, if ever, compared. Despite technical limitations hindering rigorous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258811