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Factors that influence the implementation of sustainable land management practices by rural households in Tigrai region, Ethiopia

open access: yesEcological Processes, 2019
Background Sustainable land management is considered as one of the useful approaches to combat the threat of various forms of land degradation in Ethiopia. Despite this, there is scant information regarding households’ decision towards the implementation
Haftu Etsay   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do livelihood strategies affect the willingness to participate in land conservation? The case of landless people in rural Tigray

open access: yesSustainable Environment, 2023
Communal land-based resources are an essential source of livelihood in the rural economy of Ethiopia. In particular, the dependence of the landless people on the direct use of communal natural resources for their livelihoods jeopardizes both the ...
Haftu Etsay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Natural Capital Indicator Framework (NCIF): A framework of indicators for national natural capital reporting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
It is now widely recognised that components of the environment play the role of economic assets, termed natural capital, that are a foundation of social and economic development. National governments monitor the state and trends of natural capital through a range of activities including natural capital accounting, national ecosystem assessments ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Export complexity, industrial complexity and regional economic growth in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Research on productive structures has shown that economic complexity conditions economic growth. However, little is known about which type of complexity, e.g., export or industrial complexity, matters more for regional economic growth in a large emerging country like Brazil.
arxiv   +1 more source

A Simple Measure of Economic Complexity [PDF]

open access: yesVolume 52, Issue 7, September 2023, 104793, 2016
Contrary to conventional economic growth theory, which reduces a country's output to one aggregate variable (GDP), product diversity is central to economic development, as recent 'economic complexity' research suggests. A country's product diversity reflects its diversity of knowhow or 'capabilities'. Researchers proposed the Economic Complexity Index (
arxiv   +1 more source

Natural Resources and Economic Outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Why do some countries grow while others do not? This question is one of the most important in economics. Literally thousands of papers have been published on the topic. And it is of enormous policy significance, because the current understanding of the answer to this question affects the behavior of a variety of organizations including the World Bank ...
openaire   +1 more source

Analysis of households food insecurity and its coping mechanisms in Western Ethiopia

open access: yesAgricultural and Food Economics, 2019
This study analyzed households’ food insecurity and its determinants along with the coping mechanisms opted against food insecurity and shortage in Assosa zone, western Ethiopia.
Seid Sani, Biruk Kemaw
doaj   +1 more source

The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) A Panel Data Analysis for the Emerging Asian Economies [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
In this paper, we explore the economic, institutional, and political/governmental factors in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in the emerging twenty-four Asian economies. To examine the significant determinants of FDI, the study uses panel data for a period of seventeen years (2002-2018).
arxiv  

Effect of Covid 19 on butchers and their coping strategies in Kampala district

open access: yesCogent Food & Agriculture
The study examined the effect of Covid-19 on butchers and their coping strategies using data collected from120 butchers in Kampala City. The results show that COVID-19 reduced volumes of meat supplied and sold, number of consumers and increased the ...
Joan Namakula, John Ilukor
doaj   +1 more source

Can WTO membership boost intra-African trade?

open access: yesScientific African, 2023
This study uses the modified gravity model to examine the determinants of trade in goods within African countries. The panel data covers the period between 2000 and 2019 for all 54 countries in Africa.
Osman Gulseven   +2 more
doaj  

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