Resultados de búsqueda - "living standards"

Role of land access in youth migration and youth employment decisions: Empirical evidence from rural Nigeria por Ghebru, Hosaena, Amare, Mulubrhan, Mavrotas, George, Ogunniyi, Adebayo

“…The paper examines the role of land access in youth migration and employment decisions using a two wave panel data set from the Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) from Nigeria. …”
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Summary and Conclusion [In Fostering transformation and growth in Niger’s agricultural sector] por Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie

“…This ushers in a virtuous cycle of higher yields and production, greater incomes, higher living standards, and more investment in production. The agricultural value chain perspective provides a reference point for improvements in supporting services and the business environment and can contribute to pro-poor initiatives and better linking of smallholders to markets. …”
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Economic development and nutrition transition in Ghana: Taking stock of food consumption patterns and trends por Ecker, Olivier, Fang, Peixun

“…However, improvements in people’s living standards and changes in their livelihood activities and lifestyle usually also lead to a nutrition transition and give rise to new nutritional challenges, including increasing prevalence of overweight/obesity and related NCDs. …”
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Microcredit in Viet Nam: Does it matter? por Haughton, Jonathon, Khandker, Shahidur R.

“…Using data from a panel of 1,846 rural households interviewed in 2004, 2006, and 2008 as part of the Viet Nam Household Living Standards Survey, we estimated the impact of VBSP lending on consumption and income per capita, as well as self-employment earnings. …”
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Recommendations for improving Guatemala's food fortification program based on Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) data por Fiedler, John L., Helleranta, Meri

“…In countries that have fortification, governments are increasingly being challenged to provide evidence that programs are well designed and effective.To examine the usefulness of household income and expenditure surveys (HIES) as a means for addressing this information gap and making fortification programs more evidence-based and more accountable.Data from Guatemala's 2005/6 Living Standards Measurement Survey are used to develop a measure of “apparent food consumption.” …”
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Features of urban food and nutrition security and considerations for successful urban programming por Ruel, Marie T., Garrett, James L.

“…Our research programme combined primary data collection in a number of countries and secondary analysis of data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS). The paper is structured as follows. …”
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Innovation bundles dashboard for resilience and women empowerment por Puskur, Ranjitha, Nchanji, Eileen, Cosmas, Lutomia, Ketema, Dessalegn, Muteti, Thomas, Gartaula, Hom, Mukhopadhyay, Prama, Mapedza, Everisto D., Chadha, Deepali

“…The inventory data contains 151 from the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), 1314 from FAO’s Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS), and 3589 from the World Bank’s Agriculture Data.…”
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Poverty, inequality, and geographic targeting: evidence from small-area estimates in Mozambique por Simler, Kenneth R., Nhate, Virgulino

“…Typical living standards surveys can provide a wealth of information about welfare levels, poverty, and other household and individual characteristics. …”
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Poverty, inequality, and geographic targeting: evidence from small-area estimates in Mozambique por Simler, Kenneth R., Nhate, Virgulino

“…Typical living standards surveys can provide a wealth of information about welfare levels, poverty, and other household and individual characteristics. …”
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A preliminary evaluation of the sample sizes used for the evaluation of the Education, Health, and Nutrition Program (PROGRESA) of Mexico por Behrman, Jere R., Todd, Petra E.

“…The Program carries out actions conducive to raising their living standards by improving opportunities for education, health and food. …”
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Randomness in the experimental samples of PROGRESA --Education, Health, and Nutrition Program por Behrman, Jere R., Todd, Petra E.

“…It aims to improve living standards of poor families by improving family health and nutrition and by increasing educational opportunities for children. …”
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Reaching middle-income status in Ghana by 2015: Public expenditures and agricultural growth por Benin, Samuel, Mogues, Tewodaj, Cudjoe, Godsway, Randriamamonjy, Josee

“…Using district-level data on public expenditures from 2000 to 2006, and household-level production data from the 2005/06 Ghana Living Standards Survey, this paper estimates the returns to different types of public investments across four agro-ecological zones of Ghana. …”
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Status and determinants of multi-dimensional poverty in Wolaita Sodo Town, southern Ethiopia por Esrael, Eshetu, Worku, Asrat, Cucchi, Carlo, Belay, Abrham, Recha, John W.M., Tafesse, Alula

“…In terms of dimensions, the living standards dimension emerged as the primary contributor to overall multidimensional poverty, accounting for 40.3 % of the total followed by the education dimension (32.3 %) and the health dimension (26.5 %). …”
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Social and economic development and change in four Guatemalan villages: demographics, schooling, occupation, and assets por Maluccio, John, Melgar, Paul, Mendez, Humberto, Murphy, Alexis, Yount, Katherine M.

“…Accompanying these changes has been an improvement in living standards as measured by a number of indicators of household living conditions and consumer durable goods.…”
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Do estimates of women’s control over income and decisionmaking vary across nationally representative survey programs? por Raghunathan, Kalyani, Mahmoud, Mai, Heckert, Jessica, Ramani, Gayathri V., Seymour, Greg

“…Where available, we compare the FTF and DHS with the Living Standards and Measurement Surveys-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture. …”
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Spectral Soil Analysis & Household Surveys: A Guidebook for Integration por Gourlay, S., Aynekulu, Ermias, Carletto, C., Shepherd, Keith D.

“…In partnership with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the Living Standards Measurement Study of the World Bank’s Development Data Group set out to validate (1) the feasibility of implementing spectral soil analysis in household surveys, and (2) the value of subjective farmer assessments of soil quality compared with objective measures in order to determine the need for objective soil analysis, specifically in low-income, smallholder agricultural contexts. …”
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Exploring the association between agricultural production systems and household diets in Viet Nam por Bandyopadhyay, Arkadeep, Azzarri, Carlo, Haile, Beliyou, Kim, Chungmann, Álvarez, Christina, Moltedo, Ana, Sattar, Abdul, Bell, Winnie, Rogers, Beatrice L.

“…This study examines the correlation between VAC production systems and diets using cross-sectional data from the 2016 round of the Viet Nam Household Living Standards Survey (VHLSS). Using ordinary least squares, we model four continuous outcome variables related to quantity consumed of fruits and vegetables, fiber, animal protein, and dietary energy; while using logistical regression, we model three indicator variables related to whether diets are balanced in terms of intake of dietary energy derived from carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. …”
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CIP-PODEROSA CROCANTE, CIP-PODEROSA POLLERA, and CIP-PODEROSA WATIA: New Potato Varieties for Family Farming with Resistance to Late Blight and High Quality for the Frying Industry por Gastelo, M., Pérez, W., Eyzaguirre, R., Quispe, K., Sanabria, K., Bastos, C., Otiniano, R., Pérez, J.M., Mendoza, A., Unda, T., Andrade-Piedra, J.L.

“…Three new potato varieties: CIP-PODEROSA CROCANTE, CIP-PODEROSA POLLERA and CIP-PODEROSA WATIA were generated through traditional breeding as healthy and sustainable potato varieties, as compared with popular Peruvian potato varieties INIA 303-CANCHAN and UNICA, to improve living standards of small and medium scale potato producers in Peru and other developing countries. …”
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Sex-disaggregated agricultural extension and weather variability in Africa south of the Sahara por Azzarri, Carlo, Nico, Gianluigi

“…To this aim, we match multiple rounds of panel microdata from the nationally representative, consumption-based Living Standards Measurement Study -Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA), collected in four sub-Saharan African countries, with remote sensing data on biophysical dimensions over a long-term horizon as well as year-specific weather shocks. …”
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Drivers of adoption of small-scale irrigation in Mali and its impacts on nutrition across sex of irrigators por Nkonya, Ephraim M., Kato, Edward, Ru, Yating

“…Using data from the Living Standards Measurement Study, this paper analyzes the characteristics of irrigation in Mali and its impact on nutrition across sex of irrigators. …”
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