Search Results - "economic policies"
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Forestry research in Sub-Sahara Africa: time for reflection
Published 2000“…The few competent researchers are increasingly involved in administrative functions and looking for greener pastures. Economic policies imposed by global financial institutions constrain the recruitment of young scientists to undertake forestry research now and in the future. …”
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The impact of decentralised forest governance: a case study from Bolivia
Published 2003“…Countries have adopted new economic policies, very much influenced by free-market thinking, and a reduced regulatory role of the state and its subsidiaries. …”
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Sustainable crop-livestock production for improved livelihoods and natural resource management in West Africa. Proceedings of an international conference
Published 2004“…Part I presents background papers that examine the impacts of population pressure, agroecology and economic policies on the evolution of crop-livestock systems and draws implications for future development of these systems. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Jordanian economy: Economic sectors, food systems, and households
Published 2020“…This economic recovery offers opportunities for fostering sustainable economic transformation and structural change. Economic policies and incentives should be directed towards more economic diversification, greater resilience to withstand economic shocks, and job creation.…”
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Strong democracy, weak state: The political economy of Ghana’s stalled structural transformation
Published 2016“…This paper argues that Ghana is strongly democratic but plagued by weak state capacity, and these politico-institutional characteristics have shaped the economic policies pursued, including in the agricultural sector, and the resultant development trajectory. …”
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Foreign exchange rationing, wheat markets and food security in Ethiopia
Published 2009“…And frequent changes in trade and macro-economic policies, movements in international prices and fluctuations in domestic production have at times eliminated incentives for private sector imports of wheat. …”
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Food security portal
Published 2010“…Coherent action is needed to help vulnerable populations cope with the hikes in their food bills, to assist developing-country farmers to swiftly respond to the opportunity posed by the rising demand for their products, and to provide information for evidence based related macro-economic policies. Since the implications of high and volatile food prices have been radically different across countries and population groups, the appropriate policy responses, as well as their scale, prioritization, and sequencing, must be developed and adapted to country-specific needs and conditions. …”
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Income and price elasticities of food demand (E-FooD) dataset: Documentation of estimation methodology
Published 2021“…Third, elasticities of food demand can be directly used for simulations on, for example, the likely impacts of economic policies and shocks on consumer diets and food security, as well as projections of food consumption trends. …”
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Drivers of agricultural land - use change in the Argentine Pampas and Chaco regions
Published 2018“…The moderate impact of profit-related factors on affecting woodland conversion rates also suggests a limited potential of economic policies that affect marginal profits (e.g., taxes or subsidies) to alter deforestation rates and patterns in major ways. …”
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2021 Global food policy report: Transforming food systems after COVID-19
Published 2021“…Chapters in the report look at balancing health and economic policies, promoting healthy diets and nutrition, strengthening social protection policies and inclusion, integrating natural resource protection into food sector policies, and enhancing the contribution of the private sector. …”
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Human-nature interaction approached from a bibliometric analysis of Malthus and Boserup
Published 2024“…In Boserup, it is closer to weak sustainability, reflected in international economic policies. The implications of this research include the impact of climatic alterations on diets, which requires considering the mathematical contributions, bifurcations, and tipping points that will ultimately impact human development on Earth. …”
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Introduction: Firm level analysis with administrative data
Published 2018“…We conclude that this effort demonstrates strong prospects for developing a better understanding of the South African economy with positive implications for economic policy formulation.…”
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Ethiopia: Input Output Table and Social Accounting Matrix
Published 2009“…Reliable quantitative analysis of sectoral and macro-economic policy requires sound data and appropriate analytical tools, as encompassed in the 2005-06 Ethiopia Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) presented in this paper. …”
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Issues for animal production in developing economies: The case of sub-Saharan Africa
Published 1989“…Discusses issues for animal production in a developing economy context with particular reference to sub-Saharan Africa including emergent issues, economic policy issues, and research policy issues. Eamines role of livestock, performance and constraints. …”
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Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and formulating policy responses to protect vulnerable sectors and populations in Rwanda
Published 2020“…Using PIM economic policy modelling tools, IFPRI provided strategic and timely advice to the Government of Rwanda to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and of the measures taken to control its spread, implement short-term policy responses to protect vulnerable sectors and populations and formulate longer-term policies to spur economic recovery.…”
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Pakistan Rural Household Panel Survey 2012 (Round 1): Methodology and community characteristics
Published 2012“…The survey aims to provide the quantitative basis to identify and address the urgent economic policy priorities related to the implementation of the Planning Commission’s Framework for Economic Growth.…”
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Amended Statutes of the International Potato Center (CIP)
Published 2005“…CIP statutes cover but are not limited to: legal status, headquarters, term of duration, objectives, activities, legal capacity, administration, economic policy, Board of Trustees, committees of the Board of Trustees, office of the Director General, modification of statutes, dissolution and liquidation of CIP, merging and transitory provisions.…”
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Review of private agricultural advocacy groups in Nigeria
Published 2010“…This paper explores agricultural advocacy groups in Nigeria as instruments for economic policy change by focusing on their organization, functions, achievements, constraints, and sustainability.…”
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