Resultados de búsqueda - "living standards"

Determinants of change and household responses to food insecurity: Empirical evidence from Nigeria por Edeh, Hyacinth O., Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena

“…Using the 2010/2011 Nigeria Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture data and the reduced consumption coping strategy index (RCCSI), this paper examined the determinants of change in food (in)security of Nigerian households in the two major farming periods. …”
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A multiregion general equilibrium analysis of fiscal consolidation in South Africa por Chitiga, Margaret, Fofana, Ismaël, Mabugu, Ramos

“…The model integrates intergovernmental fiscal transfers, which play an important role in reducing the disparity in living standards between regions. The analysis demonstrates that the current intergovernmental revenue transfer system has significant inter- and intraregional equity effects, although its nationwide impact is less important. …”
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Kwazulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS) 1993-1998: a longitudinal household data set for South African policy analysis por Haddad, Lawrence J., Carter, Michael R., May, Julian, Maluccio, John A.

“…The 1993 Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development (PSLSD) provided the first comprehensive household database for South Africa. …”
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Collective action and vulnerability: Burial societies in rural Ethiopia por Dercon, Stefan, Hoddinott, John F., Krishnan, Pramila, Woldehanna, Tassew

“…Drawing on longitudinal household and qualitative community data, the authors examine the impact of shocks on household living standards, study the correlates of participation in groups and formal and informal networks, and discuss the relationship of networks with access to other forms of capital. …”
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Nutrition Situation and its Food Policy Links por Kumar, Shubh K.

“…Because of dispersed habitations and less variation in living standards, the rural problem is seldom visible except when reports of severe famine surface…”
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A 2020 vision for food, agriculture, and the environment in southern Africa por Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Pursuit of poor policies could condemn the region to ignore human misery and degradation of natural resources, which in turn would impose misery on future generations and cause continued misallocation of resources, social and political instabilities, and falling living standards for all.…”
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Interim Feed the Future Zone of Influence survey in Tajikistan, 2015 por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…These modules drew upon the designs of recent surveys undertaken by international organizations in the country, including the Tajikistan Living Standards Survey and Tajikistan Jobs Skills Migration Consumption Survey by the World Bank.…”
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Pearl Millet Technology Adoption and Impact Study in Maharashtra por Charyulu, D. Kumara, Shyam, D. Moses, Bantilan, Cynthia, Borikar, S. T., Gupta, S. K., Rai, K. N.

“…In this background, the present study was taken up to assess the adoption of hybrids and improved varieties and their impact on the incomes and living standards of farmers through a detailed survey of 360 sample households drawn from 60 villages belonging to 20 tehsils from nine districts. …”
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SPIA Uganda Report 2025: Agricultural Diversity Under Stress por Ilukor, John, Letaa, Emmanuel, Khanal, Amit, Barros, Julio, Taye, Lemi, Gimode, Davis, Ponzini, Giulia, Asea, Godfrey, Ssennono, Vincent, Stevenson, James R., Lybbert, Travis, Macours, Karen

“…The report is the result of a sustained and collaborative effort among multiple partners: the CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA), the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) team, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAIFF), and CGIAR researchers. …”
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Analysis of social economy and policies on production management systems: a case study on China’s bamboo industry por Zhong Maogong, Fu Maoyi, Belcher, B., Ruíz Pérez, M.

“…Because 93% of bamboo forests in rural areas is collective-owned and directly managed by farmers, the increase in yields and profits from bamboo forest products significantly improves incomes and living standards of rural people. Thus the bamboo industry has become an important means to reduce poverty among the rural population. …”
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Effects of social economy and policies on production management systems: a case study of China's bamboo industries por Zhong M., Fu Maoyi, Belcher, B., Ruíz Pérez, M.

“…Because 93% of bamboo forests in rural areas is collectively-owned and directly managed by farmers, the increase in yields and profits from bamboo forest products significantly improves incomes and living standards of rural people. Thus the bamboo industry has become an important means to reduce poverty among the rural population. …”
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Correctifs pour la gestion décentralisée des forêts au Cameroun: options et opportunités de dix ans d’expérience por Oyono, P.R., Ribot, J.C., Assembe-Mvondo, Samuel, Logo, P.B.

“…The impacts of this transfer of power on local democracy, equity, living standards, poverty alleviation, social vulnerability and environmental sustainability are, however, weak. …”
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Climate risk and food security in Nepal—analysis of climate impacts on food security and livelihoods por Krishnamurthy, PK, Hobbs, C, Matthiasen, A, Hollema, SR, Choularton, R.J., Pahari, K, Kawabata, M

“…The analytical method carried out for this research consisted of three components: (i) a dynamic analysis to evaluate the relationship between historic and current climatic variability and food security indicators, using long-term historical data; (ii) a descriptive analysis to establish a baseline against which vulnerability to future risks can be assessed, using household data from the Nepal Living Standards Survey 2010/2011 (NLSS-III); and (iii) a workshop with national stakeholders to validate the results and identify priority adaptation interventions.…”
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Poverty in Pakistan: trends and issues por Ashfaq, M., Jehangir, Waqar A., Hussain, Intizar, Mudasser, Mudasser

“…The phenomenon of poverty is receiving the increasing attention of policy makers and institutions with an attempt to improve the living standards of the third world countries. Pakistan is no exemption to that. …”
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Biodiversity conservation in cacao agroforestry: medium-sized project por Global Environmental Facility, Oficina San José (Costa Rica)

“…This project is closely linked to the Action Plan of the Costa Rican National Biodiversity Law of April 14, 1998 (No. 12635) on the sustainable use of biodiversity (food security, ecosystem conservation and the improvement of living standards, particularly of rural, indigenous communities). …”
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The relationship between forests and freshwater fish consumption in rural Nigeria por Lo, M., Narulita, S., Ickowitz, A.

“…We use data from the Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) and spatially merge household and village data with forest cover and river maps. …”
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Mali’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia

“…With annual population growth of 3.0 percent during that period, the living standards of Malian people improved only modestly. …”
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Female labor outcomes and large-scale land investments in Tanzania por Osabuohien, Evans S., Herrmann, Raoul, Efobi, Uchenna R., Gitau, Ciliaka M. W.

“…We conduct comparative analyses using the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) dataset, complemented with a survey from two case studies of large-scale land investments (LLIs) in Kilombero district, Morogoro region, Tanzania. …”
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Household food expenditure, dietary diversity, and child nutrition in Nepal por Thapa, Ganesh B., Kumar, Anjani, Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Using data from the 1995–1996 and 2010–2011 rounds of the Nepal Living Standards Survey, we study the empirical connections between household food expenditure and nutrition outcomes of children below the age of five years using multilevel and dose-response function approaches. …”
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Regional disparities in Ghana: Policy options and public investment implications por Al-Hassan, Ramatu M., Diao, Xinshen

“…Using an economywide, multimarket model and based on time series production data between 1991 and 2000 and Ghana Living Standards Survey data of 1991/92 and 1998/99, this paper analyzes the possible poverty reduction trends up to 2015 by assuming different patterns of growth. …”
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