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Comment on “The effect of migration policy on growth, structural change, and regional inequality in China”, by Hao, Sun, Tombe and Zhu by Leight, Jessica

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The Uruguay Round and international trade in agricultural products: implications for Arab countries by Goldin, Ian, Kherallah, Mylene

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Recent policy trends and developments related to the conservation, use and development of genetic resources by Bragdon, S., Downes, D.

“…Spurred by technological advances, appreciation of the monetary and non-monetary value of genetic resources has grown, leading to increasing conflict over rights and responsibilities for these resources. …”
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Multidimensional forests: Complexity of forest-based values and livelihoods across Amazonian socio-cultural and geopolitical contexts by Londres, M., Schmink, M., Börner, J., Duchelle, Amy E., Frey, G.P.

“…Research on the contribution of forests to local livelihoods has so far had a strong focus on quantifying the monetary value of forest-derived products and services. …”
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The application of social cost-benefit analysis to the evaluation of PROGRESA: final report by Coady, David

“…In the absence of a monetary valuation of impacts, one is restricted to the use of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), which identifies the cost of bringing about a given impact.…”
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Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa by Mukasa, Adamon N., Ndung’u, Njuguna, Shimeles, Abebe

“…It presents the two-way linkages between agricultureled growth strategies and macroeconomic policies by focusing on price, fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, and trade policies. It also discusses the main constraints to effective agricultural policy and the options for integrating agricultural perspectives when developing macroeconomic policies.…”
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A 2003 Social Accounting Matrix for Kenya by Kiringai, Jane, Thurlow, James, Wanjala, Bernadette

“…The 2003 Kenya Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a consistent data framework that captures the information contained in the national income and product accounts and the input-output table, as well as the monetary flows between households, government and other institutions. …”
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Ghana, Social Accounting Matrix, 2005 by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…The 2005 Ghana Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) is a consistent data framework that captures the information contained in the national income and product accounts and the input-output table, as well as the monetary flows between institutions. The SAM estimates the structure of the Ghanaian economy in 2005 and includes detailed information on 56 production sectors, six factors of production, income and expenditures of rural and urban households, the government budget, and the balance of payments. …”
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Channelizing Afghanistan to Pakistan informal trade into formal channels by Khan Miankhel, Adil

“…A basic model and illustrative example are presented that encompass the monetary incentives of smugglers and shows possible tariff/tax reductions that bring profits from informal trade below the breakeven point. …”
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The global landscape of poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition, and its implications for agricultural development strategies by Headey, Derek D.

“…Yet in recent years the development community has increasingly set for itself more specific welfare objectives by distinguishing between monetary poverty, food security, nutrition and, most recently, resilience. …”
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Evaluating the long-term impact of antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh: An overview by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Baulch, Bob, Kumar, Neha

“…This paper provides an overview of a research project that assessed the long-term impact of three antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh—the introduction of new agricultural technologies, educational transfers, and microfinance—on monetary and nonmonetary measures of well-being. This paper begins by setting out the conceptual framework, methodology, and empirical methods used for the evaluation of long-term impacts. …”
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Trait Preference Coefficients that scale economic weights by Adams, Chris, Byrne, Tim, Cole, Steven

“…The expected preference is calculated from the monetary worth of the trait improvement offered in the survey. …”
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Subjective versus objective yield distributions as measures of production risk by Smith, Joyotee, Mandac, Abraham M.

“…Subjective probabilities of farmers with nonlinear utility are estimated from distributions elicited by applying a linear scoring rule with monetary payoffs. Estimated subjective distributions are compared to objective estimates of yield distributions in a risky rainfed rice‐growing area in the Philippines. …”
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Population, biomass, and economic value of small ruminants in Ethiopia by Jemberu, Wudu T., Yin Li, Asfaw, Wondwosen, Mayberry, Dianne, Schrobback, Peggy, Rushton, Jonathan, Knight-Jones, Theodore J.D.

“…The annual monetary value of small ruminant production outputs was estimated at USD 1,969 (range 1,245–2,857) million. …”
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Innovative agroecology practices improve maize and bean yields in nutrient-deficient sandy soils of Makueni, Kenya by Bolo, Peter, Korir, Hezekiah, Adoyo, Beatrice, Kuria, Anne, Fuchs, Lisa Elena

“…These were equivalent to monetary gains of USD$ 25.48, 40.98 and 24.37, respectively under IPM, manure and terraces. …”
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Environmentally sound resource valuation for a more sustainable international trade : case of argentine maize by Rotolo, Gloria Claudia, Francis, Charles A., Ulgiati, Sergio

“…Resource trade imbalance clearly appears when it is measured in emergy terms but not when it is accounted for in monetary units. This study provides data on which to open discussion and inform trade and production strategies that could help Argentina avoid jeopardizing its own natural resources in the long term.…”
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A framework for economic evaluation of smallholder agroforestry: With particular reference to the semi-arid zone of West Africa by Williams, Timothy O.

“…The approach developed makes use of the technique of investment analysis, but incorporates into it a framework that recognizes the special features of some agroforestry costs and benefits which may not be quantifiable in monetary terms. The main emphasis is to capture and utilize a wide range of information on costs, benefits, and indigenous practices than is encompassed by conventional valuation techniques. …”
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Combined Report of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Meetings of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee by CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee

“…The agenda included: the issue of the possible unintended presence of transgenes in IARC’s ex situ collection, the implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Foodand Agriculture, the promotion of farmers’ rights and non-monetary benefit sharing through technology transfers under the International Treaty, the state of intellectual property-related practices of the Future Harvest Centres and the establishment of a world-wide germplasm safety duplication site at Svalbard, Norway.This report was discussed at the Stakeholders Meeting at AGM 2004 in Mexico City.…”
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Costs of undernutrition in Pakistan by Saeed, Wajiha, Davies, Stephen, Shahzad, Saqib, Moeen, Muhammad Saad

“…Undernutrition leads to large monetary costs to an economy, which come most directly from higher mortality/premature death, a higher incidence of illnesses, and lower productivity due to nutritional deficiencies. …”
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Foreign trade regime, exchange rate policy, and the atructure of incentives by Valdés, Alberto, Siamwalla, Ammar

“…But movements in price of traded products (relative to nontradables) result not only from adjustments in trade policy and the nominal exchange rate but also from the behavior of macroeconomic variables such as wages, capital movements, and fiscal and monetary accounts. Although not treated directly in this chapter, all these variables impinge on the final outcome. …”
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