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Gender and poverty: new evidence from 10 developing countries by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Haddad, Lawrence J., Peña, Christine

“…This paper presents new evidence on the association between gender and poverty based on an empirical analysis of 11 data sets from 10 developing countries. The paper computes income- and expenditure-based poverty measures and investigates their sensitivity to the use of per capita and per adult equivalent units. …”
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Gender differences in agricultural productivity: a survey of empirical evidence by Quisumbing, Agnes R.

“…This paper reviews the econometric evidence on gender differences in agricultural productivity. It provides a methodological overview and a critique of (1) production function-based estimates of technical and labor productivity differences by gender, (2) individual (gender-disaggregated) labor supply and earnings functions and (3) studies of the determinants of technological adoption. …”
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Gender differentials in farm productivity: implications for household efficiency and agricultural policy by Alderman, Harold, Hoddinott, John F., Haddad, Lawrence J., Udry, Christopher R.

“…Production function estimates imply that the value of household output could be increased by 10 to 20 percent by reallocating currently-used factors of production across plots. …”
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Global food projections to 2020: implications for investment by Rosegrant, Mark W., Agcaoili-Sombilla, Mercedita C., Perez, Nicostrato D.

“…This paper examines the global food security picture through 2020, using a model that incorporates 35 individual countries and regions and 17 commodities to estimate supply and demand for food. …”
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International trade, regional integration and food security in the Middle East by DeRosa, Dean A.

“…Against the background of increasing interest in closer economic relations in the Middle East, the contribution that greater integration of markets might make to improving food security in the region is investigated, using a quantitative framework for gauging the reduction in instability of market supplies for cereal, meat, and dairy commodities under regional cooperation schemes versus more general policies to increase the integration of Middle East markets with markets in Western Europe and the world at large. …”
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Investments in African agricultural research by Pardey, Philip G., Roseboom, Johannes, Beintema, Nienke M.

“…Many of the developments of the past decade in personnel, expenditures, and sources of support for public-sector R&D in Africa are not sustainable. The rapid buildup of research staff is not paralleled by an equal growth in financial resources. …”
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Scaling up community-driven development: a synthesis of experience by Gillespie, Stuart

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Land, water, and agriculture in Egypt: the economywide impact of policy reform by Robinson, Sherman, Gehlhar, Clemen G.

“…The tax and subsidy system in Egypt in 1986-88 was very distorted, involving large, sectorally variegated, ouput taxes and subsidies. …”
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Local organizations for natural resource management: lessons from theoretical and empirical literature by Rasmussen, Lise Nordvig, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…The evidence on voluntary organization indicates that collective management is often a viable alternative to nationalization or privatization of natural resources. …”
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Macro and micro effects of subsidy cuts: a short-run CGE analysis for Egypt by Lofgren, Hans

“…On the micro level, the oil policy simulations showed a decline in domestic oil use by 6-8 percent (with an accompanying reduction in air pollution) and larger exports. …”
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Market development and food demand in rural China by Huang, Jikun, Rozelle, Scott

“…The results of this paper suggest that a government concerned about the welfare of its rural population may want to be paying a more active role in fostering rural markets. …”
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Measuring food insecurity: the frequency and severity of coping strategies by Maxwell, Daniel G.

“…This paper briefly reviews the conceptual and methodological literature on food insecurity measurement, describes a particular method for distinguishing and measuring short-term food insecurity at the household level, and discusses ways of generalizing the method. …”
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Methods for agricultural input market reform research: a tool kit of techniques by Goletti, Francesco, Govindan, Kumaresan

“…The broad objective of the Multi Country Project 1 (MP 1) undertaken at the International Food Policy Research Institute is to understand the conditions for a successful reform of agricultural input markets, including the markets for fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, agricultural equipments and livestock services. …”
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On the production economics of cattle by Mundlak, Yair, Huang, He, Favaro, Edgardo

“…Two empirical regularities in the beef-cattle sector have been observed for a long time. First, the time-series for cattle stock exhibits strong cyclicity with a period of several years. …”
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Price competitiveness and variability in Egyptian cotton: effects of sectoral and economywide policies by Bautista, Romeo M., Gehlhar, Clemen G.

“…The following determinants (in an accounting sense) of the changes in the relative producer price of cotton during 1980-92 are quantified: (1) changes in the foreign price; (2) changes in the real exchange rate; and (3) changes in nominal protection and the marketing margin. …”
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Pricing behavior in Philippine corn markets: implications for market efficiency by Mendoza, Meyra Sebello, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…In Pricing Behavior in Philippine Corn Markets: Implications for Market Efficiency, Research Report 101, Meyra Sebello Mendoza and Mark W. Rosegrant explore this issue by determining the speed with which price signals are communicated between markets and quantifying the impact of new information on the pricing process. …”
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Quality-equivalent and cost adjusted measurement of international competitiveness in Japanese rice markets by Ito, Shoichi, Rosegrant, Mark W., Agcaoili-Sombilla, Mercedita C.

“…According to the results, rices produced in China are quite superior to rices grown in the United States. Further, a 700 percent of tariff, which was discussed in the GATT negotiation and assumed to be imposed on rices imported to Japan, appears to be too low for Chinese rices and too high for American rices.…”
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Strategic analysis and knowledge support systems for rural development strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa by Johnson, Michael E., Resnick, Danielle, Bolwig, Simon, Chamberlin, Jordan, You, Liangzhi, Wood, Stanley, Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…By institutionalizing SAKSS through a network structure that includes government ministries, research institutions, universities, regional organizations, non-governmental organizations, and donors, SAKSS can become not only more relevant and legitimate for its intended end-users but also help strengthen local analytical capacity to inform the policy debate on future development strategies and outcomes."-- Authors' Abstract…”
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Role of inputs, institutions, and technical innovations in stimulating growth in Chinese agriculture by Fan, Shenggen, Pardey, Philip G.

“…To analyze this important issue we use a newly constructed panel data set that includes an agricultural research or stock-of-knowledge variable. …”
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Role of terms of trade in Indian agricultural growth: a national and state level analysis by Hazell, Peter B. R., Misra, V. N., Hojjati, Behjat

“…Even during the late 1960s and early 1970s when the terms of trade improved by 18 percent for agriculture, they only accounted for 15 percent of the growth in output. …”
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