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Issues of infrastructural development: a synthesis of the literature por Ahmed, Raisuddin, Donovan, Cynthia

“…The role of infrastructural factors in economic development either remains to be fully unfolded or has been unraveled with a considerable degree of ambiguity. The objective of this paper is to scan the literature on infrastructure in order to establish the state of knowledge on the subject.…”
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Agricultural growth as a key to poverty alleviation por Brown, Lynn R., Haddad, Lawrence J.

“…Poverty is a significant and persistent problem in developing countries. …”
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Making of a nation, Bangladesh: an economist's tale por Islam, Nurul

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A study of food aid leakage in Bangladesh por Ahmed, Akhter, Rashid, Shahidur, Sharma, Manohar, Zohir, Sajjad

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Towards a renewed focus on rural development por von Braun, Joachim

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A full food basket for Africa by 2020

“…The poems, stories, and essays in this booklet are selected entries from an Africa-wide youth writing contest on the theme: "A full food basket for Africa by 2020 / Un plein panier d'aliments pour l'Afrique d'ici 2020." …”
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A 1998 Social Accounting Matrix for Malawi por Chulu, Osten, Wobst, Peter

“…The last few years have seen a proliferation of attempts by various institutions to create a framework that would enable analysts to have a broad overview of all transactions in the Malawian economy. …”
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A 1998 Social Accounting Matrix for Thailand por Li, Jennifer Chung-I

“…It begins with a description of the overall economy both via a macro SAM and a national accounts balance sheet. …”
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A CGE model for Malawi: technical documentation por Lofgren, Hans

“…The model is built around a 1998 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Malawi, which was developed in the context of the current project, is based on data from the 1998 Integrated Household Survey of Malawi.The main parts of the paper are a brief, self-contained summary of the model, and a detailed mathematical model statement, presented in a step-by-step fashion. …”
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A review of food subsidy research at IFPRI por Farrar, Curtis

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Agricultural diversification: a strategic factor for growth por Mahmud, Wahiduddin, Rahman, Sultan Hafeez, Zohir, Sajjad

“…Seed-fertilizer technology has had a dramatic influence on cereal production in many developing economies, including Bangladesh. …”
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Environmental peacebuilding as a pathway to peace with nature por Sylvester, Janelle, Castro Nunez, Augusto

“…Environmental peacebuilding offers a pathway to address the complex interplay between conflict, environmental degradation, and governance by fostering sustainable natural resource management and community resilience. …”
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District Nutrition profile: A quick guide por George, Nitya Rachel, Vaid, Abhilasha, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Avula, Rasmi, Menon, Purnima

“…These 4 page profiles present a snapshot of the state of nutrition and its multiple determinants in each district. …”
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Scaling up: A path to effective development por Hartmann, Arntraud, Linn, Johannes F.

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Agricultural research: a growing global divide? por Pardey, Philip G., Beintema, Nienke M., Dehmer, Steven, Wood, Stanley

“…Sustained, well-targeted, and effectively used investments in R&D have reaped handsome rewards from improved agricultural productivity and cheaper, higher quality foods and fibers. As we begin a new millennium, the global patterns of investments in agricultural R&D are changing in ways that may have profound consequences for the structure of agriculture worldwide and the ability of poor people in poor counties to feed themselves. …”
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Agricultural change and rural poverty: a synthesis por Mellor, John W., Desai, Gunvant M.

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A 1995 social accounting matrix for Zambia por Hausner, Ulrich

“…The SAM incorporates economy-wide data in a consistent framework and provides the benchmark data for the analysis under the MERRISA project. …”
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Property rights in a flea market economy por Fafchamps, Marcel, Minten, Bart

“…This, however, does not result from reliance on legal institutions -- actual recourse to police and courts is fairly rare, except in cases of theft -- but from traders’ reluctance to expose themselves to opportunism. As a result, Malagasy grain trade resembles a flea market, with little or no forward contracting and high transactions costs. …”
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The potential cost of a failed Doha Round por Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…Using the highest applied or bound rate imposed by countries from 1995 to 2008 as an indicator, this study presents several scenarios regarding the economic costs of a failed Doha Round and a subsequent rush into protectionism. …”
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The potential cost of a failed Doha Round por Bouët, Antoine, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…This study offers new conclusions on the economic cost of a failed Doha Round. The first section is devoted to an analysis of how trade policies evolve in the long and medium runs. …”
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