- Discussion PapersA multiregion applied general equilibrium model is used to examine the financial interactions among spheres of government in the context of fiscal consolidation. The framework combines nine regional submodels interacting through the trading of ...
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- Discussion PapersNational governments, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, have limited budgets and are forced to make difficult funding decisions regarding the provision of social services and the support of agricultural programs. These provisions can play a ...
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- Discussion PapersThe Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is an Africawide framework for revitalizing agriculture and rural development in order to accelerate economic growth and progress toward poverty reduction and food and nutrition ...
- Discussion PapersThe Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) is one of the main components of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). CAADP is an initiative launched by the African Union Commission (AUC) in 2002 to serve as a ...
- Staff ProfileFleur joined IFPRI in September 2007 as a postdoctoral fellow with DGO. She received her PhD in Development Economics in 2006 from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. For the writing of her doctoral dissertation she collected rural household ...
- Project Papers and NotesThe long-term imbalances between supply and demand and international trade changes that triggered the recent crises in global food markets are also fueling a spike in overseas investments in agricultural land. Africa is a major destination of ...
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- General InformationDans le cadre de sa politique de décentralisation, l’IFPRI a établi des bureaux régionaux et nationaux dans différentes parties du monde en développement dans le but d’améliorer son efficacité. En tant qu’institut de recherche agissant au niveau ...
- General InformationTo help increase its effectiveness and as part of its decentralization policy, IFPRI has established regional and country offices in various parts of the developing world. As a global research institute, IFPRI believes its researchers should be ...
- Discussion PapersThe recent surge in oil prices has created concern about its impacts on poor people in South Africa. The strong economic performance recorded over the period 1995-05 has not contributed to a substantial reduction in poverty in this country, ...
- Staff ProfileIsmaël Fofana is a Postdoctoral research fellow in IFPRI. He joined the West and Central Africa office in Dakar (Senegal) in October 2010. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (France). He worked between 2001 ...
- Staff ProfileJohn Ulimwengu, a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, joined IFPRI in March 2007 as a post-doctoral fellow. Prior joining IFPRI, John worked as a consultant with the University of Missouri on a Workforce Innovations Regional ...
- Discussion PapersIn many developing countries, to sustain the provision of agricultural services to farmers, many have advocated the use of service fees. Successful implementation of such schemes requires understanding of determinants of farmers’ willingness to ...
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- Discussion PapersThe risk of food insecurity due to climate change in developing countries has encouraged development partners to seek new approaches to improve the resilience of subsistence agriculture to covariate shocks. Such innovative approaches include ...
- Staff ProfileDr. Ousmane Badiane is the Africa Director for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). In this role, he coordinates IFPRI’s work program in the areas of food policy research, capacity strengthening, and policy communications in ...
- Discussion PapersThe poverty rate and income transfer are clearly correlated. However, not much research has attempted to determine the causal linkage between the two. Previous research has primarily focused on the poverty-reducing impact of income transfer. In ...
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- Discussion PapersThis study applied at the farm level in Tunisia aims at understanding the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity and income in Africa. Possible future climates are presented through different climate scenarios. The latter combines ...
- Discussion PapersThis study applies regression analysis as well as a non-parametric method to survey data from Burkina Faso to analyze the role of human capital in explaining technical efficiency in smallholder agricultural production. Exploiting the panel nature ...
- Discussion PapersThe groundnut sector is the largest of Senegal’s agricultural sectors. It has been subject to various degrees of intervention since the country’s independence. Some, including the determination of farm prices by the government have survived the ...
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- General InformationIn 2002, the African Union Commission (AUC) adopted the comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) as one of the main components of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). CAADP serves as a continentwide ...
- Discussion PapersWe use the concept of the product space to analyze the key features of the transformation process in Africa with a focus on the agricultural sector. Between 1962 and 2008, we find that both specialization and diversification occur for the overall ...
- Staff ProfileTsitsi Makombe, a Zimbabwean national, joined IFPRI in 2005. At IFPRI, Tsitsi provides research and technical support to the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). Before joining IFPRI she ...
- Discussion PapersThe prevalence of malnutrition across a predominantly agrarian country like Uganda and its potential economic implications indicate the importance of understanding the link between agricultural productivity and nutrient consumption. Such an ...
- Discussion PapersThe NEPAD Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has been endorsed by African Heads of State and Governments as a vision for the restoration of agricultural growth, food security, and rural development in Africa. The ...
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