In MENA, household food insecurity, which is closely related to poverty and undernourishment, is most severe in rural areas and concentrated within Iraq, Sudan, and Yemen. 25% of the MENA population may be poor and 7% undernourished.
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Poverty-focused social accounting matrices for Tanzania
The development of effective and sustainable economic policies for Tanzania requires access to appropriate databases.
"As a result of Zambia's dependence on copper mining, both the falling world copper price and the possible withdrawal of investment from the mining sector might seriously threaten economic growth and stability.
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A standard computable general equilibrium model for South Africa
The paper reports on the construction and testing of a Standard International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) computable general equilibrium model for South Africa.
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Can South Africa afford to become Africa's first welfare state?
"This paper assesses the economy-wide impact of implementing and financing a universal or basic income grant (BIG) in South Africa.
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On boxes, contents, and users
An important component of the current debate about agriculture trade negotiations is whether further liberalization of trade and agricultural policies may help or hinder food security in WTO member countries.
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Estimation of a regionalized Mexican Social Accounting Matrix
This paper presents the construction of a 1996 regionalized Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Mexico. The SAM differentiates production across five regions, four rural and a fifth "national" urban region.
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Globalizing health benefits for developing countries
For the health community, globalization offers opportunities but also poses important challenges.
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Land reform in Zimbabwe
There is widespread agreement on the need for land reform in Zimbabwe as a means of reducing poverty. This paper assesses the potential consequences of a land-reform scheme that draws on proposals from Zimbabwe’s government in 1998 and 1999.
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What has happened to growth in Latin America
Growth in the first post-reform decade in Latin America has been disappointing, largely because of a severe slowdown after 1995 in the countries in South America.
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External shocks and domestic poverty alleviation
Two sets of issues loom large on the economic horizon of Malawi: poverty alleviation and the country’s vulnerability to shocks emanating from the outside world.
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Less poverty in Egypt?
In this paper, the impact of alternative development strategies on growth and poverty is assessed in an economywide framework, using Egypt as a case study.
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Agriculture-based development
As in most low-income countries, the majority of the poor population in Viet Nam is found in rural areas, where agriculture provides the primary means of livelihood.
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Growth, distribution and poverty in Madagascar
This paper presents an applied microsimulation model built on household data with explicit treatment of heterogeneity of skills, labor preferences and opportunities, and consumption preferences at the individual and/or household level, while allowing
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Economic growth and poverty reduction in Indochina
Differences and similarities in the development paths taken by six East Asian economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, and Taiwan) provide a fertile ground for policy analysis from which important lessons are drawn and m
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Agricultural growth linkages in Zimbabwe
The comparative effects on GDP and household incomes associated with various pathways of agricultural growth in Zimbabwe are investigated, based on SAM (social accounting matrix) multiplier analysis.
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Income and equity effects of crop productivity growth under alternative foreign trade regimes
Does a restrictive foreign trade regime reduce the effectiveness of agricultural productivity growth in promoting overall income growth and equity?