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Access to iodized salt in 11 low- and lower-middle-income countries: 2000 and 2010
, 2016 Access to iodized salt in 11 low- and lower-middle-income countries: 2000 and ...
J Fisher (7805960) +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) delivers environmental benefits to society by enrolling cropland and grasslands to reestablish or safeguard long‐term vegetative cover. In recent years, the CRP has dramatically increased grassland enrollment while cropland enrollment has been in steady decline. This paper uses descriptive analysis,
Wesley Zebrowski +2 more
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Expanded Farm Safety Net Payments Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) strengthens the agricultural risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC) programs by aligning program parameters more closely with recent market dynamics and allows for an expansion in program acres. This study projects the increases in ARC‐County and PLC payments for corn, soybeans, and wheat under
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn +5 more
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Considerations for conducting psychological research in lower- and middle-income countries
Communications PsychologyBeginning to conduct psychological research in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is daunting. In this reflexive commentary, the authors raise three critical questions that researchers should ask themselves before conducting research in LMICs.
Samia C. Akhter-Khan +2 more
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A vulnerability approach to the definition of the middle class [PDF]
Measurement of the middle class has recently come to the center of policy debate in middle-income countries as they search for the potential engines of growth and good governance. This debate assumes, first, that there is a meaningful definition of class,
Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo +1 more
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Behavioral Coping With Food Price Inflation: Patterns Among U.S. Households
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent food price inflation has placed substantial pressure on household budgets, food security, and mental well‐being. Using Household Pulse Survey data, we combine k‐modes clustering and Double Machine Learning to identify distinct household coping groups and examine differences in how households respond to rising food prices across groups ...
Yuxiang Zhang, Yizao Liu
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Escaping the middle-income trap Trade, investment and innovation
, 2022 The Asia-Pacific region, especially East Asia, is home to a number of economies that have managed to graduate from middle-income status into the high-income group of economies. Starting with Japan’s rapid rise from the ashes of World War II, South Korea,
Armstrong, Shiro, Westland, Tom
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap +2 more
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Atmospheric Environment: XAir quality monitoring and analyses became easy and affordable due to emergence of low-cost sensors. Recently, the efforts to improve the monitoring and understanding of region-specific air pollution events attracted immense global attention ...
Rajat Sharma +4 more
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Bringing financial literacy and education to low and middle income countries : the need to review, adjust, and extend current wisdom [PDF]
This paper presents a World Bank led and Russia trust fund financed work program to measure financial capability and the effectiveness of financial education in low and middle income countries.
Holzmann, Robert
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