How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China

This paper develops a framework to measure the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty. Increased investments in agricultural R&D can lower food prices by increasing food production, and lower food prices benefit the urban poor because they often spend more than 60% of their income on food....

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Autores principales: Fan, Shenggen, Fang, Cheng, Zhang, Xiaobo
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155994

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