Search Results - "The Economist"

Impact evaluation: assessing the impact of policy-oriented social science research by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Economists have paid little attention, however, to how to evaluate the impact of social science research. …”
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The status of agricultural economics in East and Southern/Central Africa: proceedings of stakeholder workshop by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The objectives of the conference were to:; Assess the ability of academic institutions to produce well-trained M.Sc. and Ph.D. agricultural economists and to conduct research;; Review existing training programs for their suitability, strengths and weaknesses, and indicate the areas needing attention;; Evaluate the market for agricultural economists, focusing on supply gaps, and provide some indicators of demand for them;; Suggest and evaluate ways to improve agricultural economics training capacity in the region. …”
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Social capital and gender in South Africa, 1993-98 by Maluccio, John A., Haddad, Lawrence J., May, Julian

“…The concept of social capital, well grounded in the sociological and anthropological literatures (for example, Coleman 1988), is increasingly being analyzed and used by economists and other development policy practitioners. …”
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Rationale for a follow-up study focusing on economic productivity by Martorell, Reynaldo, Behrman, Jere R., Flores, Rafael, Stein, Aryeh D.

“…Past studies of nutrition, human capital formation, and economic productivity have been limited by the fact that biomedical researchers and economists work largely in isolation, with loss of complementarity. …”
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Climate change, perceptions and the heterogeneity of adaptation and rice productivity: Evidence from Indonesian villages by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Dewina, Reno, Sony, Sumaryanto, Haruna, Akiko

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The role of livestock In the Ethiopian economy: Policy analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model for Ethiopia by Gelan, Ayele, Engida, Ermias, Caria, A. Stefano, Karugia, Joseph T.

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Which would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: Fertilizer Subsidies or Carbon Credits? by Marenya, Paswel, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Xiong, Wei, Rossel, Jose Deustua

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Kenyan perceptions of aflatoxin: An analysis of raw milk consumption by Walke, Maria, Mtimet, Nadhem, Baker, Derek, Lindahl, Johanna F., Hartmann, Monika, Grace, Delia

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Potential welfare benefit of millets improvement research to inform decision making: Multi country- economic surplus model approach by Nedumaran, S., Bantilan, M. C. S., Gupta, S. K., Irshad, A., Davis, J. S.

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Gender issues: not a power struggle by Ngomane, Tsakani

“…She sees a central role for agricultural home economists in the struggle for gender equity in her...…”
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Information resources for agricultural development by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…A training seminar on this subject recently brought together about twenty African professionals, documentalists, engineers, agronomists, economists and sociologists in Dakar, Senegal from December 1 5-20, 1986. …”
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Impacts of paving roads for development in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Deforestation and biological carbon loss by Li, Man, De Pinto, Alessandro, Ulimwengu, John M., You, Liangzhi, Robertson, Richard D.

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Farmers' heterogeneous valuation of laser land leveling in Eastern Uttar Pradesh: An experimental auction approach to informing segmentation and subsidy strategies by Lybbert, Travis J., Magnan, Nicholas, Spielman, David J., Gulati, Kajal, Bhargava, Anil K.

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The world economy in 1999-2007: Bubble, bubble toil and trouble by Vos, Rob

“…Few observers saw this crisis coming. UN economists did. This chapter looks at what UN economists saw as risks, but other observers failed to see: (a) the widening savings–investment imbalances across countries; (b) the risks of cheap money in the context of unregulated finance; (c) the decoupling of economic growth between developed and developing countries; and (d) the risk of imminent exchange rate instability. …”
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Introduction: On-Farm Genetic Resources and Economic Change by Smale, Melinda, King, Amanda

“…The research on which the briefs are based has been published as a collection of case studies geared toward agricultural and resource economists, applied researchers working in international and national organizations, and scientists involved in local plant breeding and genetics (Smale, 2006).…”
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Exploring a gender-responsive asset-based approach to enhance the transformative potential of value chain development in Guatemala, India and Peru by Stoian, D., Meldrum, G., Lamers, H., Blare, T., Elias, Marlène, Donovan, J.

“…Paper presented at the CGIAR PIM Workshop "Rural Transformation in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Low-Income, Late-Transforming Countries" held as Pre-Conference Symposium of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists in Vancouver, BC, Canada on July 28, 2018.…”
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The effects of land use diversity on pest pressure and insecticide application in cotton: A county level analysis for China by Zhang, Wei, Wu, Feng, Huang, Jikun, Zhou, Ke, van der Werf, Wopke, Deng, Xiangzheng, Wu, Kongming, Rosegrant, Mark W.

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Release and adoption of modern potato varieties in Southeast, East, and South Asia. by Gatto, M., Hareau, Guy, Pradel, W., Suarez, V., Qin, J.

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L'environnement en Afrique by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Ce dossier de la revue 'Afrique contemporaine' a été réalisé à partir de contributions d'une vingtaine d'auteurs (géographes, écologues, anthropologues, biologistes, économistes,juristes) parmi lesquels de nombreux chercheurs de...…”
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L'alimentation en Afrique: manger ce qu'on peut produire by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Devant ce fait, les économistes ont proposé un certain nombre de schémas explicatifs. …”
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