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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
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Health Science ReportsThe world is observing a rapid shift in the burden of diseases with predominance of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs contribute to 41 million deaths which is equivalent to 74% of all death globally per year. There is ongoing debate on the approaches
Baraka L. Max, Harold L. Mashauri
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Factors shaping political priorities for violence against women-mitigation policies in Sri Lanka. [PDF]
BMC Int Health Hum Rights, 2018 Colombini M +7 more
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It\u27s oil and water : Race, Gender, Power, and Trauma in Vu Tran\u27s Dragonfish [PDF]
, 2017 : This article analyzes in-depth the interplay between race, gender, power, and trauma in Vu Tran’s debut novel, Dragonfish. We argue that Dragonfish focuses on the relationships, desires, and conflicts among its three protagonists—Robert, Suzy, and ...
Greenfield, Chase, Ha, Quan-Manh
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Political priorities and public health services in English local authorities: the case of tobacco control and smoking cessation services. [PDF]
J Public Health (Oxf), 2018 Anderson WJ, Cheeseman H, Butterworth G.
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Political Interests and Priorities of Internet Users
Общество: политика, экономика, право, 2019 In the current context of society’s development, the Internet is treated as a space for the implementation of political practices rather than their tool. The in-troduction of the latest information technology into politics makes it relevant to change the modern po-litical paradigm. The research examines the political interests of citizens in the
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Precommitted Government Spending and Partisan Politics [PDF]
This paper analyzes government commitments to ongoing spending programs that require future outlays. Spending commitments are important for understanding partisan politics because they constrain future governments. In a model with one government good, a “
Henning Bohn, William Watkins
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Great expectations The New European Commission, its Ambition and European Public Opinion. eupinions 2019/2 [PDF]
, 2019 The Eurozone crisis has pushed reform of the European Union (EU) to the forefront of political debate. How can a Union of 28 states with a population of over half a billion be reformed to weather future economic crises and political challenges?
de Vries,, Catherine E. +1 more
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