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García Herrero, Alicia; Xu, Jianwei - 2023

China is experiencing population ageing caused by a rapidly declining fertility rate and increased life expectancy. This demographic transition poses economic challenges, yet the intensity of these challenges depends on a number of factors, with the move of people from rural to urban areas being...

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Agricultural technology, productivity, poverty and food security in Madagascar

Minten, Bart (contributor); … - 2005

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Implications of the fertilizer-subsidy programme on income growth, productivity, and employment in Ghana

Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Gafa, Dede; Abubakari, Maliha; … - 2020

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Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Berniell, Inés; Fernández, Raquel; Krutikova, Sonya - 2023

This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a dynamic perspective that highlights successes and...

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Public expenditures and the performance of Latin American and Caribbean agriculture

Anriquez, Gustavo; Foster, William E.; Ortega, Jorge; … - 2016

influence of the mix of expenditures related to agriculture on net income generation, using data for 19 Latin American and … positively impacts agriculture's performance. More importantly, and of greater practical economic significance, increasing the …

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Trade in a "green growth" development strategy global scale issues and challenges

De Melo, Jaime - 2012

The paper surveys the state of knowledge about the trade-related environmental consequences of a country's development strategy along three channels: (i) direct trade-environment linkages (overexploitation of natural resources and trade-related transport costs);(ii) "virtual trade" in emissions...

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Development strategy for the hill districts of Uttarakhand

Mittal, Surabhi (contributor); Tripathi, Gaurav (contributor) - 2008

between the markets and resources. Because of these constraints, traditional agriculture cannot be the lead sector for … that they have enormous potential for tourism, a suitable climate for high-value agriculture, and a pleasant environment … promotion, agriculture diversification, poultry- and wool-based livelihoods, and SMEs based on the above that capture linkages …

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Escaping the middle-income trap : a cross-country analysis on the patterns of industrial upgrading

Wang, Lili; Wen, Yi - 2018

With rapid industrial upgrading along the global value chain of manufactured goods, China has transformed, within one generation, from an impoverished agrarian society to a middle-income nation as well as the largest manufacturing powerhouse in the world. This article identifies the pattern of...

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Reimagining India's urban future : a framework for securing high-growth, low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development in India

Tewari, Meenu; Aziz, Zeba; Cook, Mitchell; Goldar, Amrita; … - 2015

urbanization are unsustainably high. Deep existing deficits in basic urban services such as housing, transit, water, sanitation and …

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