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Author :Jere R. Behrman, Alexis Murphy, Agnes R. Quisumbing, and Kathryn Yount Publisher :Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 13 : Total Pages :44 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Are Returns to Mothers' Human Capital Realized in the Next Generation? by : Jere R. Behrman, Alexis Murphy, Agnes R. Quisumbing, and Kathryn Yount
Download or read book Are Returns to Mothers' Human Capital Realized in the Next Generation? written by Jere R. Behrman, Alexis Murphy, Agnes R. Quisumbing, and Kathryn Yount and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook of Development Economics by : Dani Rodrick
Download or read book Handbook of Development Economics written by Dani Rodrick and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-11-09 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What guidance does academic research really provide to economic policy development? The critical and analytical surveys in this volume investigate links between policies and outcomes by surveying work from broad macroeconomic policies to interventions in microfinance. Asserting that there are no universal correspondences between policies and outcomes, contributors demonstrate instead that only an intense familiarity with the development context and the universe of applicable economic models can generate successful policies. Getting cause-and-effect right is essential for policy design and implementation. With the goal of drawing researchers and policy makers closer, this volume highlights our increasing understanding of ways to combine economic theorizing with careful, thoughtful empirical work. Presents an accurate, self-contained survey of the current state of the field Summarizes the most recent discussions, and elucidates new developments Although original material is also included, the main aim is the provision of comprehensive and accessible surveys
Book Synopsis Economia: Spring 2009 by : Roberto Rigobón
Download or read book Economia: Spring 2009 written by Roberto Rigobón and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This semiannual journal from the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) provides a forum for influential economists and policymakers from the region to share high-quality research directly applied to policy issues within and among those countries. Tentative contents include •What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You—or at Least Mislead You: Family Behaviors, Unobserved Heterogeneities, and the Determinants of and Impacts of Human Resources over the Life Cycle Jere R. Behrman (University of Pennsylvania) • Estimates of the Benefit Incidence of Workfare Lucas Ronconi (University of California–Berkeley)
Book Synopsis Participation by Men and Women in Off-Farm Activities: An Empirical Analysis in Rural Northern Ghana by : Nancy McCarthy, Yan Sun
Download or read book Participation by Men and Women in Off-Farm Activities: An Empirical Analysis in Rural Northern Ghana written by Nancy McCarthy, Yan Sun and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Using survey data from the Upper East region of Ghana collected in 2005, the paper evaluates the household- and community-level factors influencing women's and men's decisions to participate in off-farm activities, either in the off-farm labor market or in local community groups, and the relationship with on-farm crop returns. Results indicate that crop returns are not affected by increased labor availability over a certain labor-land ratio. Female participation in off-farm labor markets increases at higher levels of labor availability, but participation in women's groups' only increases as labor scarcity is relaxed at lower levels. Alternatively, male participation in off-farm work increases over all levels of labor availability. Results also indicate that male labor is relatively more productive on-farm versus off-farm than female labor, and, though education increases the likelihood that both women and men will work off-farm (with no impact on crop revenues), the impact is greater for women. Finally, participation in off-farm work does not appear to be driven by the need to reduce exposure to risk or to manage risk ex post; wealthier households located in wealthier communities are more likely to participate in off-farm work. Evidence for participation in groups and risk is more complicated; wealthier households in wealthier communities are also more likely to participate, but so too are female-headed households with higher dependency ratios."--Authors' abstract.
Book Synopsis Measuring Agricultural Innovation System Properties and Performance: Illustrations from Ethiopia and Vietnam by : David J. Spielman, Dawit Kelemework
Download or read book Measuring Agricultural Innovation System Properties and Performance: Illustrations from Ethiopia and Vietnam written by David J. Spielman, Dawit Kelemework and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Evaluating the Impact of Land Tenure and Titling on Access to Credit in Uganda by : Carly K. Petracco, John Pender
Download or read book Evaluating the Impact of Land Tenure and Titling on Access to Credit in Uganda written by Carly K. Petracco, John Pender and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The theorized impact of land tenure and titling on access to credit has produced mixed results in the empirical literature. Land tenure and titling is hypothesized to increase access to credit because of the enhanced land security provided and the newfound ability to use land as collateral. Using land as collateral and obtaining access to credit are paramount concerns in Uganda and in all of Africa, as greater emphasis is placed on the need to modernize the agricultural system. This paper uses a new approach in evaluating whether land tenure and titling have an impact on access to credit for rural households in Uganda. The new approach includes comparisons across four categories: (1) households who have customary land with versus without a customary certificate, (2) households who have freehold land with versus without a title, (3) households with a title or certificate having freehold versus customary tenure, and (4) households without a title or certificate having freehold versus customary tenure. Each comparison is then evaluated for the impact on access to any form of credit, formal credit, and informal credit. This analysis allows for an in-depth look into which element, tenure or title, is impacting access to credit and to which type of credit, formal or informal. To conduct this analysis, matching techniques are used, including propensity score matching and the Abadie and Imbens matching method. These two methods contain both strengths and weaknesses that allow the results to support to one another. The only significant finding of the matching was a positive impact on access to credit of freehold without title over customary without certificate. Results imply that tenure, not title, impacts credit access for rural households in Uganda."--Authors' abstract.
Book Synopsis The Evolution of Chinese Entrepreneurial Firms: Township-Village Enterprises Revisited by : Chenggang Xu, Xiaobo Zhang
Download or read book The Evolution of Chinese Entrepreneurial Firms: Township-Village Enterprises Revisited written by Chenggang Xu, Xiaobo Zhang and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Township-village enterprises (TVEs) were a major engine of China's rapid rural industrialization in the past three decades. TVEs also played a key role in fostering entrepreneurship and served as a major stepping-stone for institutional changes when legal protections of private property rights were not in place and the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) were slow to react to changing market demand. As private ownership was gradually recognized legally, TVEs lost their edge in competing with private firms. In the past two decades, industrial clusters with a concentration of private entrepreneurial firms coordinated by local governments have emerged rapidly in many areas. The structures of such firms as TVEs and the subsequent clustering modes of production are an outcome of interaction with other local and macro environments. As the environment changes, a firm's organization and organizational structure may change as well."--Authors' abstract.
Book Synopsis Do Institutions Limit Clientelism? A Study of the District Assemblies Common Fund in Ghana by : Afua Branoah Banful
Download or read book Do Institutions Limit Clientelism? A Study of the District Assemblies Common Fund in Ghana written by Afua Branoah Banful and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Analyses of how coveted central-government resources in Africa are shared have shown widespread patronage, ethnic cronyism, and pork-barrel politics. While some governments have attempted to rectify the situation by establishing revenue-sharing formulas, a key unanswered question is whether such institutions are able to achieve this goal. This paper presents an empirical investigation of a pioneering formula-based system of resource allocation from the central government to local governments in Ghana--the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF). The evidence is consistent with governments being able to politically manipulate resource allocation within the confines of the formula-based system. Nevertheless, this does not suggest that the DACF completely fails to limit political influence. It indicates that other guiding structures of a formula-based system--in particular, how and when the formula can be altered--are important determinants of how well a program such as the DACF is able to resist political pressures."--Authors' abstract.
Book Synopsis Dynamics of Structural Transformation: An Empirical Characterization in the Case of China, Malaysia, and Ghana by : Thaddee Badibanga, Xinshen Diao, Terry Roe, Agapi Somwaru
Download or read book Dynamics of Structural Transformation: An Empirical Characterization in the Case of China, Malaysia, and Ghana written by Thaddee Badibanga, Xinshen Diao, Terry Roe, Agapi Somwaru and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Productivity Convergence in Brazil: The Case of Grain Production by : Eduardo Magalhaes, Xinshen Diao
Download or read book Productivity Convergence in Brazil: The Case of Grain Production written by Eduardo Magalhaes, Xinshen Diao and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Preliminary Evidence on Internal Migration, Remittances, and Teen Schooling in India by : Valerie Mueller, Abusaleh Shariff
Download or read book Preliminary Evidence on Internal Migration, Remittances, and Teen Schooling in India written by Valerie Mueller, Abusaleh Shariff and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Migration can serve as an outlet for employment, higher earnings, and reduced income risk for households in developing countries. We use the 2004-2005 Human Development Profile of India survey to examine correlations between the receipt of remittances from internal migrants and human capital investment in rural areas. We employ a propensity score-matching approach to account for the selectivity of households into receiving remittances. We interpret the results conservatively due to the cross-sectional nature of the data. We find a positive correlation between remittances received from internal migrants and the schooling attendance of teens. The magnitude of the correlation is greater when focusing on low-caste households, and male schooling attendance in particular becomes more positive and statistically significant. Our findings provide a basis for establishing future research in the areas of migration and social protection in India."--Authors' abstract.
Book Synopsis Economywide Impact of Avian Flu in Ghana: A Dynamic CGE Model Analysis by : Xinshen Diao
Download or read book Economywide Impact of Avian Flu in Ghana: A Dynamic CGE Model Analysis written by Xinshen Diao and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary goal of this paper is to provide a quantitative assessment of the economywide impact of HPAI in Ghana under different scenarios. A dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model for Ghana has been developed for this study, and a recent (2005) social accounting matrix with a detailed production structure at both national and sub-national levels is used as the dataset for this analysis.
Book Synopsis Preferential Trade Agreements between the Monetary Community of Central Africa and the European Union by : Guyslain K. Ngeleza, Andrew Muhammad
Download or read book Preferential Trade Agreements between the Monetary Community of Central Africa and the European Union written by Guyslain K. Ngeleza, Andrew Muhammad and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper uses a computable general equilibrium approach to simulate two opposing views describing regional trade agreements either as building blocks for or stumbling blocks to multilateral trade liberalization. This study focuses on the free trade agreement (FTA) between the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) and the European Union (EU). Results show that although a regional trade agreement may slightly raise welfare among the members of the agreement, the cost to nonmembers can be high. In this paper we argue that multilateral liberalization and a regional free trade agreement between the EU and CEMAC are not mutually exclusive. Regional trade agreements should be complementary and consistent with a multilateral agreement, not an attempt to replace it. The regional breakdown in our design considers 14 regions, allowing for country-specific analysis for one least-developed country (Democratic Republic of Congo) and one non-least-developed country (Cameroon). Multilateral liberalization amplifies welfare gain for Cameroon. The Democratic Republic of Congo, with its weaker institutional capacity, is affected negatively. An EU-CEMAC FTA without multilateralism produces gains for both Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The gain for Cameroon is, however, moderate compared with that achieved when the EU-CEMAC FTA is accompanied with a multilateral agreement."--Authors' abstract.
Book Synopsis HIV/AIDS, Growth and Poverty in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa: Integrating Firm-Level Surveys with Demographic and Economywide Modeling by : James Thurlow, Gavin George, and Jeff Gow
Download or read book HIV/AIDS, Growth and Poverty in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa: Integrating Firm-Level Surveys with Demographic and Economywide Modeling written by James Thurlow, Gavin George, and Jeff Gow and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Farmers Health Status, Agricultural Efficiency, and Poverty in Rural Ethiopia: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach by : John M. Ulimwengu
Download or read book Farmers Health Status, Agricultural Efficiency, and Poverty in Rural Ethiopia: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach written by John M. Ulimwengu and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Doris Wiesmann, Lucy Bassett, Todd Benson, and John Hoddinott Publisher :Intl Food Policy Res Inst ISBN 13 : Total Pages :104 pages Book Rating :4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Validation of the World Food Programmes Food Consumption Score and Alternative Indicators of Household Food Security by : Doris Wiesmann, Lucy Bassett, Todd Benson, and John Hoddinott
Download or read book Validation of the World Food Programmes Food Consumption Score and Alternative Indicators of Household Food Security written by Doris Wiesmann, Lucy Bassett, Todd Benson, and John Hoddinott and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis EFA Global Monitoring Report – 2013–2014 – Teaching and Learning Achieving quality for all by : UNESCO
Download or read book EFA Global Monitoring Report – 2013–2014 – Teaching and Learning Achieving quality for all written by UNESCO and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2013/2014 Education for All Global Monitoring Report shows that a lack of attention to education quality and a failure to reach the marginalized have contributed to a learning crisis that needs urgent attention. Worldwide, 250 million children many of them from disadvantaged backgrounds are not learning the basics. Teaching and Learning: Achieving Quality for All describes how policy-makers can support and sustain a quality education system for all children, regardless of background, by providing the best teachers. The Report also documents global progress in achieving Education for All goals and provides lessons for setting a new education agenda post-2015. In addition, the Report identifies that insufficient financing is hindering advances in education.
