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International agricultural research for food security, poverty reduction, and the environment: What to expect from scaling up CGIAR investments and “Best Bet” programs

von Braun, Joachim; Fan, Shenggen; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

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2011 Global food policy report:

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2012

IFPRI's 2011 Global Food Policy Report—the first in a new annual series—provides an in-depth, contextualized look at the past year's major food policy developments and events. It both raises and answers these key questions: What happened in food policy in 2011 and why? What challenges and...

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Aligning public expenditure for agricultural development priorities under rapid transformation: The case of China:

Yu, Bingxin; Chen, Kevin Z.; Zhang, Haisen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

This paper provides a comprehensive review of agricultural policy and public agricultural expenditure (PAE) in China. China shifted away from taxing agriculture to supporting agriculture in the mid-2000s, but the sector faces mounting demographic, biophysical, and trade challenges. PAE in China...

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The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision:

Raabe, Katharina; Sekher, Madhushree; Birner, Regina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the … service provision and local governance, the gender bias in human development is still pronounced. This casts doubt on the … effectiveness of reservation policies as an instrument for making rural service provision and local governance more gender equitable …

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Does good governance contribute to pro-poor growth?: a review of the evidence from cross-country studies

Resnick, Danielle; Birner, Regina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Even though both “good governance” and “pro-poor growth” have become important concepts in development thinking and … practice, studies that assess to which extent and how good governance contributes to pro-poor growth are still relatively … different aspects of governance and pro-poor growth. Using this framework, the paper reviews a range of quantitative cross …

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Regional biotechnology regulations: Design options and implications for good governance

Birner, Regina; Linacre, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

be designed to be effective and efficient, while also fulfilling the principles of good governance, such as transparency …

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Development under conditions of inequality and distrust: Social cohesion in Latin America

Ferroni, Marco; Mateo, Mercedes; Payne, Mark - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

policies, and the predictability of the policy environment. Finally, the paper discusses the significance of these findings and …

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A two-dimensional measure of polarization:

Mogues, Tewodaj - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"The link between economic distribution and social conflict—and the notion that this link arises from individuals' sense of identification with those similar to them and their feelings of alienation from individuals with different characteristics—has spurred a literature on polarization, a...

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Agricultural strategy development in West Africa: The false promise of participation?

Resnick, Danielle; Birner, Regina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"Participatory approaches are an increasingly prominent technique for designing agricultural strategies within Sub-Saharan Africa. However, such approaches are frequently criticized for either not involving enough stakeholders or limiting the scope of their participation. By analyzing the role...

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The power mapping tool: A method for the empirical research of power relations

Schiffer, Eva - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

in a given governance field. The Power Mapping Tool was first used to analyze the governance effects of Community … wooden “power towers” to show their power in the governance field. The result is a three dimensional sketch that provides …

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