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, 2007 The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) is one of the best-known conferences for the presentation and discussion of new knowledge on development. It is an opportunity for many of the
Pleskovic, Boris, Bourguignon, François
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia +4 more
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China's Trade in Steel Products: Evolution of Policy Goals and Instruments
The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2014 There is a growing consensus in development economics suggesting that successful economic policies feature a combination or succession of inward- and outward-oriented strategies.
Peter Thomas in der Heiden
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A Journey Through the Theory of Economic Development
Competitio, 2020 The theory of development economics changed signifcantly from the first attempts of defining the concepts in the 50s until nowadays. The contributions to the development theory are at the same time closely related to the historical context of the ...
Lavinia Sidonia Delcea
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PROTECTION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [PDF]
Kyklos, 1969 SUMMARY The present paper uses ‘optimality analysis’ in order to evaluate the case for protection. It has been found that the general principles of optimal government intervention remain inviolate both in the ‘static’ welfare-economics world and in the context of ‘growth’.
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
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Essays on development economics
, 2014 This thesis is a collection of essays on the relevance of property right reforms on the wellbeing of poor households in developing countries; specifically titling programmes in urban Peru.
Molina Campodonico, Oswaldo
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Country Case Studies in Economic Fitness: Mexico and Brazil
Entropy, 2018 We leverage a new complexity framework called Economic Fitness, which characterizes an economy’s level of diversification and its capabilities to produce more complex products. It can be used to predict economic growth and competitiveness.
Kirstin Roster +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden +5 more
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The application of development economics: general principles and context specificity
, 2005 The purpose of this paper is to consider the application of development economics at the methodological level. In particular, given the shortcomings of both the modernist and postmodernist approaches to development policy, we consider an alternative ...
Dow, Sheila, Dow, Alexander
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