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  1. Sub-national Poverty Statistics in the CGIAR CRP II Priority Countries by International Food Policy Research Institute

    Published 2016
    “…This dataset contains estimates of the poor and extreme poor rural population within each region (administrative level 1) of the CRPs countries. The poverty lines are defined using the thresholds of 3.10$/day and 1.90$/day respectively, expressed in 2011 PPP $. …”
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    Conjunto de datos
  2. An inclusive rural transformation in progress, but with unequal pace and characteristics across countries by Benfica, Rui

    Published 2019
    “…First, poverty in LAC has been falling since the early 2000s, but significant differences persist across countries and between rural and urban areas in each country. …”
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  3. Why can’t MENA countries trade more?: The curse of bad institutions by Karam, Fida, Zaki, Chahir

    Published 2017
    “…Taking into account the inverse relationship between institutions and trade, we use a gravity model that explains bilateral trade for disaggregated goods and service sectors for 21 MENA countries over the period 1995-2014. Our results show that in the presence of excessive zero trade observations, poor institutions can be considered as fixed export costs that help explain the zero probability of trade for some countries. …”
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  4. Investigating the linkage between climate variables and food security in ESA countries by Belloumi, Mounir

    Published 2014
    “…This paper investigates the effect of climate variables (precipitation and temperature) on food security indicators from 1961-2011 for 10 Eastern and Southern African countries by estimating fixed effects models. Food security is approximated by three indicators: food production index, mortality rate of people under five years of age, and life expectancy at birth. …”
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  5. Reaching the missing middle: Overcoming hunger and malnutrition in middle income countries by Fan, Shenggen, Cousin, Ertharin

    Published 2015
    “…Eliminating hunger and malnutrition around the globe cannot be achieved without a new approach to dealing with the problem in middle income countries. Here’s why this is so, how the middle income countries should respond, and what the international community can do to help.…”
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