Resultados de búsqueda - "living standards"

Sacrificing leisure for clean energy fuel: A decomposition analysis of time poverty por Martey, Edward, Etwire, Prince M., Mockshell, Jonathan, Asante‐Addo, Collins

“…This study addresses this gap by investigating the impact of time constraints, encompassing both paid and unpaid work, on the Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI) using data from the seventh round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7). Our findings indicate that households experiencing time constraints are more inclined to adopt clean energy fuels. …”
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Climate change in a small transboundary tributary of the Syr Darya calls for effective cooperation and adaptation por Stucker, D., Kazbekov, Jusipbek S., Yakubov, Murat, Wegerich, Kai

“…Cooperation, however, does not always improve the basin environment or living standards, and is likely to be strained in the coming decades by climate and population trends, among other issues.…”
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The estimated ex ante economic impact of Bt cowpea in Niger, Benin and Northern Nigeria por Gbègbèlègbè, S.D., Lowenberg-Deboer, J., Adeoti, R., Lusk, J., Coulibaly, O.

“…Genetically modified (GM) crops could increase economic growth and enhance living standards in Africa, but political issues have slowed the use of biotechnology. …”
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Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS-ISA and World Bank enterprise surveys por Ambler, Kate, de Brauw, Alan, Herskowitz, Sylvan, Pulido, Cristhian

“…We use data from both the Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture and the World Bank Enterprise Survey from seven African countries to identify these agricultural midstream firms and assess their access to formal credit, comparing them to other, non-agricultural midstream firms. …”
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Senegal’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia

“…With an annual population growth rate of 2.7 percent over the same period, the living standards of Senegalese improved modestly. In 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant slowdown in economic growth, but growth rebounded in 2021. …”
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Tajikistan’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Diao, Xinshen, Fang, Peixun, Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Ellis, Mia

“…This has translated into improved living standards, with the national poverty rate falling from 53.1 percent in 2007 to 26.3 percent in 2019 (World Bank 2023a). …”
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Youth migration decisions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Satellite‐based empirical evidence from Nigeria por Amare, Mulubrhan, Abay, Kibrom A., Arndt, Channing, Shiferaw, Bekele

“…We use night light intensity data combined with Living Standards Measurement Study‐Integrated Surveys on Agriculture data, as an indicator of urban growth and associated economic opportunities. …”
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Income variability, evolving diets, and demand for processed foods in Nigeria por de Brauw, Alan, Herskowitz, Sylvan

“…We present evidence on evolving dietary patterns in Nigeria using three waves and six total rounds of household consumption data from the Nigerian Living Standards and Measurement Surveys between the years of 2011 and 2016. …”
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Evolution of rice consumption and demand patterns por Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, Kuku-Shittu, Oluyemisi

“…The analysis uses a linear expenditure system demand model and the most recent data from the 2011 Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) (Nigeria, NBS and World Bank 2011), which is the nationally representative household data collected by the World Bank and the NBS. …”
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Real-time social data collection in rural Bangladesh via a ‘Microtasks for Micropayments’ platform on Android smartphones por Bell, Andrew R., Ward, Patrick S., Killilea, Mary E., Tamal, Md. Ehsanul Haque

“…In this paper, we present early results from a pilot study in rural Bangladesh using a ‘microtasks for micropayments’ model to collect a range of community and household living standards data using Android smartphones. We find that more frequent task repetition with shorter recall periods leads to more inclusive reporting, improved capture of intra-seasonal variability, and earlier signals of events such as illness. …”
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Poverty and inequality in Vietnam: spatial patterns and geographic determinants por Minot, Nicholas, Baulch, Bob, Epprecht, Michael

“…The method was applied by combining information from the 1997-98 Vietnam Living Standards Survey and the 1999 Population and Housing Census... …”
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It’s a small world after all: Defining smallholder agriculture in Ghana por Chamberlin, Jordan

“…Using landholding size as an organizational filter, we performed a basic descriptive analysis of smallholder traits in Ghana, using data from the 2005–2006 Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS5). We found strong inequalities in landholding distributions within Ghana’s small-farm sector in all regions of the country. …”
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A Ricardian analysis of the economic impacts of climate change on agricultural production in the low-income agrarian economy: Estimates from Malawi's 2010–2019 LSMS longitudinal da... por Mulagha Maganga, Assa, Chiwaula, Levison S, Kambewa, Patrick, Ngaiwi, Mary Eyeniyeh

“…This study examined the current and potential economic impacts of climate change on Malawi's agriculture using Ricardian analysis based on a four-year World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) panel data from 1,246 farming households. …”
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La participación de la mujer campesina en proyectos forestales por Mayorga, Arleen, Páramo, Rosa María

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Nepal’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Xinshen Diao, Ellis, Mia, Fang, Peixun, Pauw, Karl, Pradesha, Angga, Thurlow, James

“…Thanks to a relatively slow population growth rate of 1.4 percent, the living standards of most Nepalis improved during this period; this allowed Nepal to graduate in 2019 from a low-income country to a lower-middle-income country. …”
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Food expenditure patterns and dietary diversity in Nepal: Is dietary quality improving? por Kumar, Anjani, Thapa, Ganesh B., Joshi, Pramod Kumar

“…Drawing on unit-level data from three rounds (1995, 2004, and 2011) of the Nepal Living Standards Survey (NLSS), we use multilevel modeling, quantile regression, and the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method to decipher the trends, determinants, and drivers of dietary diversity in Nepal. …”
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Economics of the Arab awakening: From revolution to transformation and food security por Breisinger, Clemens, Ecker, Olivier, Al-Riffai, Perrihan

“…Did these factors and, more broadly, people's dissatisfaction with their living standards contribute to the recent uprisings? At first glance, the sudden turn of events and the generally low coverage, quality, and accessibility of data in the Arab world make it difficult to find answers to this question. …”
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Do low-income households in Tanzania derive income and nutrition benefits from dairy innovation and dairy production? por Kidoido, Michael M., Korir, Luke

“…Analysis was based on the Tanzania Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) household panel data of 2008/2009 and 2010/2011. …”
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Food availability and livelihood strategies among rural households across Uganda por Wichern, Jannike, Wijk, Mark T. van, Descheemaeker, Katrien K., Frelat, Romain, Asten, Piet J.A. van, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…Data from 1927 households from the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study were used to estimate the calorific contribution of livelihood activities to food availability. …”
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Ecological shocks and children’s school attendance and farm work in Ghana por Martey, Edward, Etwire, Prince M., Mockshell, Jonathan, Armah, Ralph, Akorsikumah, Eli

“…In this paper, we examine the effect of ecological shocks of pest and weed invasion on children’s school attendance and working hours on the farm using the seventh round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS). We employ a multinomial endogenous switching regression (MESR) model that corrects for selection bias and endogeneity originating from both observed and unobserved heterogeneity. …”
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