Despite progress in recent years, the incidence of poverty in the Philippines remains very high: the national poverty rate was more than 30 percent in 2003, with even higher levels in rural areas.
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Pakistan’s economy relies heavily on its cotton and textile sectors.
"A dramatic increase over the past fifteen years in domestic pork demand and production in the Philippines has created a potentially profitable opportunity for poor rural and agricultural households.
Since 1985, the Chinese government has given high priority to building roads, particularly high-quality roads that connect industrial centers.
In recent years India has looked to watershed development as a way to realize its hopes for agricultural development in rainfed, semi-arid areas.
In the past two decades, China has achieved world renown for reducing rural poverty. However, it is becoming harder to reduce poverty and inequality further in China, even though its economy continues to grow.
This research report examines three questions that are central to IFPRI research: How do property-rights institutions affect efficiency and equity? How are resources allocated within households? Why does this matter from a policy perspective?
This report combines a careful analysis of government policy and private foodgrain markets with a detailed survey of 757 households in rural Bangladesh in November and December 1998, about two months after the floodwaters receded.
Table of Contents: Tables, Figures, Foreword, Acknowledgments, and Summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Determinants of the Placement and Outreach of Group-Based Financial Institutions:A County-Level Analysis; 3.
Market liberalization, though an important element in economic reforms in developing countries in the past two decades, has been accused of harming the poor through higher food prices, layoffs in formerly state-owned enterprises, and the erosion o
Bien que la population de l’Inde ait augmenté de 424 millions d’habitants entre 1963 et 1993, les graves crises alimentaires des premières années 1960 ont fait place à des surplus de nourriture dans les années 1990.
This research report on India addresses an important policy issue faced by policy-makers in many developing countries: how to allocate public funds more efficiently in order to achieve both growth and poverty-reduction goals in rural areas.
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Egalité des sexes et investissements dans les adolescents dans les zones rurales des Philippines
Les adolescents qui, selon la définition de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé, sont les personnes âgées de 10 à 19 ans, constituent jusqu’à 20 pour cent de la population du globe.
Depuis le début des années 70, des investissements publics soutenus dans les installations d’irrigations, l’infrastructure rurale, la recherche agricole et les services de vulgarisation ont aidé les exploitants agricoles bengladeshis à obtenir une
Au Pakistan, où l’agriculture est fortement tributaire de l’irrigation, les marchés hydriques informels constituent un moyen d’importance croissante donnant accès aux nappes phréatiques aux petits agriculteurs et aux cultivateurs à bail*.
Desde comienzos del decenio de 1970, la inversión pública sostenida en instalaciones de riego, infraestructura rural, investigación agrícola y servicios de extensión ha ayudado a los agricultores de Bangladesh a lograr impresionantes aumentos de l
En este informe de investigaciones, , se examina cómo funcionan los mercados de agua, quién participa, cuál es la naturaleza de las transacciones y qué efectos tienen los mercados en la productividad y el ingreso agrícolas, con objeto de determina
Les perspectives d’avenir du maïs aux Philippines semblent brillantes.
Pourquoi certaines personnes reçoivent-elles des revenus supérieurs à ceux des autres qui pourtant disposent de talents et d’aptitudes similaires?