Search Results - "reformism"

Namibia OH landscape: Challenges, opportunities and collaborative strategies by Angombe, Simon, Gorejena, Brighton, Freeman, Rachel J., Kashona, Hainushka D., Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D., Caron, Alexandre, Hausiku, M., Mwanyengange, I., Richards, Shauna, Shivolo-Useb, S.

“…The National Action Plan on Health Security (NAPHS) of 2020 has facilitated a collaborative agreement between crucial line ministries (Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT), and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR)). However, the OH concept remains fragmented in private and government sectors. …”
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Social Protection for poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged groups by Brzeska, Joanna, Das, Mousumi, Fan, Shenggen

“….– Improving the coverage and targeting of social protection systems is vital, and will require a multi-faceted reform portfolio that promotes more integrated and horizontally equitable systems. …”
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Policy options for accelerated growth and competitiveness of the domestic rice economy in Nigeria by Johnson, Michael E., Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, Kuku-Shittu, Oluyemisi

“…This is being done through a combination of import restrictions, input policy and institutional reforms, and direct investments along the rice value chain. …”
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Agricultural mechanization: Drivers and characteristics by Belton, Ben, Win, Myat Thida, Zhang, Xiaobo, Filipski, Mateusz J., Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Masias, Ian

“…However, Myanmar’s policy reforms and reintegration into regional and global markets between 2011 and 2020 contributed to increasingly dynamic conditions, including economic growth averaging 7 percent per year (ADB 2018), accelerating out-migration from rural areas, and rapid rural transformation. …”
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Land redistribution, tenure insecurity, and intensity of production: a study of farm households in southern Ethiopia by Holden, Stein, Yohannes, Hailu

“…The feeling of tenure insecurity could be caused by the land redistribution policy in Ethiopia where household size has been the main criterion used for land allocation after the land reform in 1975. This would imply that land rich households should be more tenure insecure. …”
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Water rights issues in agriculture by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…It concludes with implications for water rights policy or reform processes.…”
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Grain marketing policy changes and spatial efficiency of maize and wheat markets in Ethiopia by Negassa, Asfaw, Myers, Robert J., Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Zaude

“…In the context of on-going market reform in developing countries, there is a need for an improvement in the existing methods of spatial market efficiency analysis in order to better inform the debate toward designing and implementing new grain marketing policies, institutions, and infrastructure that facilitate the emergence of a well developed and competitive grain marketing system. …”
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Southern Africa: economic structure, trade, and regional integration by Mukherjee, Natasha, Robinson, Sherman

“…USAID-funded EAGER project and Will Masters at Purdue University, David Evans at University of Sussex, International Food Policy Research Institute's Macroeconomic Reforms and Regional Integration in Southern Africa — MERRISA project). …”
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The expected benefits of trade liberalization for world income and development: Opening the “black box” of global trade modeling by Bouët, Antoine

“…Using the MIRAGE model,1 full trade liberalization is estimated to increase world real income by US$100 billion (+0.33 percent) after 10 years of implementation. This trade reform would be development-friendly, as it entails a larger growth rate of real income for developing countries and especially for least-developed countries.…”
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Linking research and policy: The case of Ghana's rice trade policy by deGrassi, Aaron

“…Against this background, this paper seeks to examine and explain research-policy linkages in the case of rice tariff reform in Ghana. It is based on literature reviews and 70 interviews. …”
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Achieving regional growth dynamics in African agriculture: past lessons and future challenges by Abdulai, Awudu, Diao, Xinshen, Johnson, Michael E.

“…This study focuses on public investments and policy reforms for leveraging growth spillovers at the African regional level. …”
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Wheat production in Bangladesh: technological, economic and policy issues by Morris, Michael L., Chowdhury, Nuimuddin, Meisner, Craig A.

“…Whenever financial and economic profitability diverge, farmers experience distorted incentives, and policy reforms may be necessary to encourage them to act in ways that are consistent with efficiency objectives.…”
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Reaching middle-income status in Ghana by 2015: Public expenditures and agricultural growth by Benin, Samuel, Mogues, Tewodaj, Cudjoe, Godsway, Randriamamonjy, Josee

“…These requirements are lower if the government is able to achieve a higher efficiency in its public spending than the estimated elasticity of 0.15; this could potentially be achieved by reforming public institutions to improve the provision of agriculture-related public goods and services.…”
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Experimental evidence on the impact of payments and property rights on forest user decisions by Rakotonarivo, O. Sarobidy, Bell, Andrew, Dillon, Brian, Duthie, A. Bradley, Kipchumba, Adams, Rasolofoson, Ranaivo Andriarilala, Razafimanahaka, Julie, Bunnefeld, Nils

“…We conclude that the effectiveness of financial incentives for conservation and tenure reform in preserving forestland vary significantly across contexts. …”
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Trust, hope, and collective action in fragile political settings: a qualitative comparative analysis of water user groups in Tunisia by Bhalla, S., Garrick, D., McDermott, C. L.

“…These insights seek to inform more realistic policy reforms that are sensitive to a fragile water governance system prone to social unrest.…”
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Gender strategy on weather and climate Information services in East Africa by Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Kagabo, Desire, Mvuyibwami, Patrick, Byandaga, Livingstone, Lutomia, Cosmas

“…The strategy promotes policy reforms, capacity-building, integration of indigenous knowledge, and institutional transformations to address structural barriers. …”
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Regional Policy Coherence for the Great Green Wall Initiative: Maximising the flow and impact of finance by African Union

“…The brief also emphasises the importance of strengthening subnational financial capacities, improving domestic resource mobilisation, and aligning GGWI implementation with macroeconomic and nature-positive financial reforms. By fostering innovation in finance, enhancing governance readiness, and aligning with regional and global frameworks, the GGWI can scale up sustainable investment and accelerate the restoration of degraded landscapes. …”
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Typology of Kampala Declaration Activities by Ulimwengu, John M.

“…Successful implementation hinges on institutional reforms, sustained political will, and capacity building, ensuring the Declaration translates into real, coherent, and transformative action across Africa’s agrifood systems. …”
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Aligning AfCFTA and CAADP for Africa’s agrifood systems future by Omamo, Steven Were, Ulimwengu, John M., Traoré, Fousseini, Piñeiro, Valeria, Hill, Ruth Vargas

“… • Strategic coordination, sequencing, and governance reform are essential. Alignment of AfCFTA and CAADP is not automatic—it must be designed, negotiated, and sustained to deliver on Africa’s transformation promise…”
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Climate Education Integration into Higher Learning Institutions (HLI) through Collaborative Action in Ethiopia by Belay, Berhanu, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Solomon, Dawit

“…These partnerships, formalized through MoUs, support national strategies like the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) and the Home-Grown Economic Reform (HGER). AICCRA helped universities and colleges integrate Climate Knowledge Products (CKPs) through curriculum revisions, the creation of new programs, standalone climate courses, and customized short-term training modules. …”
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