SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Obowna, Marios; Abuka, Charles Augustine.

Uganda faced a number of challenges at the time of embarking on financial sector reforms. These challenges were complicated by decades of economic mismanagement and political instability that had prevailed in the country. In particular, there were concerns about the inadequacy of a critical mass of skilled and experienced financial sector players. This shortcoming inherently induced undue impediments to Uganda's corporate reporting regime. Further shortcoming were related to the lack of comprehensive financial information and underlying databases. It is now recognized that investment in financial data gathering usually provides the required critical support base for monitoring efforts and for crisis prediction in the financial sector...

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Economic development; Financial systems; Obwona; EPRC; Political stability; Environmental Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; Production Economics.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93812

CHARACTERISTICS OF NATURE-BASED TOURISM ENTERPRISES IN NORTH DAKOTA

Hodur, Nancy M.; Bangsund, Dean A.; Leistritz, F. Larry.

Recreational activities related to North Dakota's wealth of natural resources are well-established in North Dakota. In recent years, North Dakota's abundant resources have attracted visitors from around the country and the world. In addition to providing recreational activities for residents and visitors alike, natural resource-based tourism is a basic sector that may have considerable potential for creating economic opportunities in rural areas. Recognition of the potential importance of resource-based tourism to rural economies is well-advanced in other parts of the United States. However, little attention has historically been paid to tourism in North Dakota. While much anecdotal evidence exists suggesting that natural resource-based tourism is...

Does Sending Farmers Back to School Have An Impact? A Spatial Econometric Approach

Palavras-chave: Nature-based tourism; Outdoor recreation; Enterprise characteristics; Rural businesses; Economic development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2004

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23478

Yamazaki, Satoshi; Resosudarmo, Budy P..

Replaced with revised version of paper 02/08/07.

Infrastructure Investment and Regional Economic Development in China

Palavras-chave: Agricultural economics; Spatial econometrics; Economic development; Labor and Human Capital; Q12; C59; O13.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25427

Australian economic development and the environment: conflict or synergy?

Mi, Benjia.

This paper analyzes the effect of infrastructure investment on the increase of regional economic aggregate and the industrial development in China from the perspective of quantitative method. It also investigates the current situation of transportation infrastructure development in China. The policies of foreign infrastructure investment and regional economic growth and their characteristics are introduced. Finally, this paper puts forward some policy suggestions.

Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation

Palavras-chave: Infrastructure; Investment; Economic development; China; Community/Rural/Urban Development.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53527

Bennett, Jeffrey W.; Gillespie, Robert; Dumsday, Robert G..

The populist view of economic development and the environment is that advances in one will necessarily result in a decline in the other. Evidence in the Australian context is that the dual goals can be achieved simultaneously. As economic development progresses, the increasing levels of income stimulate greater demand for environmental improvements. The population engages in more environmentally focused consumption and calls for its governments to introduce more policies designed to rehabilitate and protect environmental assets. Concurrently, the increasing levels of wealth allow for increasing expenditure on research and development into production processes that generate greater productivity and less environmental damage. The Australian agricultural...

Special and Differential Treatment in the GATT: A Pyrrhic Victory for Developing Countries

Palavras-chave: Economic development; Environmental protection; Agriculture; Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Financial Economics; Political Economy; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6040

Global Growth, Macroeconomic Change, and U.S. Agricultural Trade

Christie, Andrew.

Preferential measures for developing countries implemented within the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade failed to achieve their purported goal of facilitating economic development; this failure was due to their weak theoretical underpinnings and poor policy design. Not only were the demands developing countries made for discriminatory preferences largely ineffectual, their demands for preferential treatment, together with their forgoing full participation in the multilateral trading system, fundamentally reduced the obligation of developed countries to consider the interests of developing countries in future negotiation rounds. Thus the winning of preferences was rendered a pyrrhic victory for developing countries.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Economic development; Trade liberalization; GATT; Special and differential treatment; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55900

Gehlhar, Mark J.; Dohlman, Erik; Brooks, Nora L.; Jerardo, Alberto; Vollrath, Thomas L..

After a decade of uneven export growth and rapidly growing imports, U.S. agriculture has begun to reassert its position in global trade markets. Rising exports and signs of moderating demand for imports mark a departure from previous trends. This report places past trends and emerging developments in perspective by spotlighting the role of two specific factors that help steer U.S. agricultural trade patterns: global growth and shifts in foreign economic activity that affect U.S. exports, and macroeconomic factors underlying the growth of U.S. imports. Consistent with actual changes in the level and destination of U.S. exports, model simulations corroborate the contention that renewed export growth can be sustained by expanding incomes and growing food...

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Agricultural trade; Trade balance; Income growth; Economic development; Population; Macroeconomics; Exchange rates; Current account; Growth projections.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; International Development; International Relations/Trade.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/55963

Vulnerability, Income Growth and Climate Change

Shively, Gerald E.; Ward, Patrick S.; Diffenbaugh, Noah S..

Contributed Paper prepared for presentation at the International Association of Agricultural Economists’ 2009 Conference, Beijing, China, August 16-22, 2009.

Tennessee Agriculture and Forestry Industry Clusters and Economic Performance, 2001-2006

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; Climate change; Economic development; Energy use; Vulnerability.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49943

Stewart, Lance A.; Lambert, Dayton M.; Wilcox, Michael D.; English, Burton C..

Industry cluster identification methods determine linkages between purchasers and suppliers at the county level for 447 economic sectors in Tennessee. Using an econometric model, the cluster analysis is extended to estimate which value chains contributed to economic growth between 2001 and 2006. Businesses making up the agriculture and forestry clusters enjoyed increased output per job in 34% and 32%, respectively, of Tennessee's counties. The spatial pattern of these findings was significant, suggesting that some counties may benefit from regional coordination of projects designed to enhance or retain businesses in these industry clusters.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Comparative advantage; Economic development; Industry clusters; Nonparametric clustering; Value chains; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50088

AVALIAÇÃO DE ESTRATÉGIAS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO ECONÔMICO E SOCIAL POR MEIO DA IMPLANTAÇÃO DE CADEIAS PRODUTIVAS DE FRUTICULTURA NO ESPÍRITO SANTO

Dinis Pereira, Breno Augusto; Liberato Braga, Ayala; Steffanello, Marines.

In the recent years we have observed a strong movement to provide alternatives for innovative economic development, to consider problems relating to poverty and income generation. The study of the productive chain of fruits in the northern region of the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil, seeks to understand the ways of interaction among economic social, and political agents as well as external forces that interfere in the production, processing and marketing of juices and pulps of fruits. This work is characterized as an exploratory one and its methods of data collection are the document analysis, semi-structured interviews, and observation. Results demonstrate innovative strategies for implementation of the chain of fruit production aiming to ensure the...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Fruticultura; Cadeia produtiva; Inovação; Desenvolvimento econômico; Fruits; Production chain; Innovation; Economic development; Productivity Analysis.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102017

The Effects of Workforce Creativity on Earnings in U.S. Counties

Gabe, Todd M.; Colby, Kristen; Bell, Kathleen P..

This paper examines the effects of local workforce creativity on county-level earnings. Descriptive analysis of the data shows that most of the high-creativity counties in the United States are part of metropolitan areas, and that employee earnings are high in these places. Regression results indicate that, other things being equal, workforce creativity enhances county-level labor earnings. However, the returns to creativity that we found can be confirmed only in the urban context. An extension of the analysis suggests that the creative workforce wage premium may be capturing the effects of "technical workforce creativity" on earnings.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Creative economy; Wages; Economic development; Labor and Human Capital.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10167

Discussion: Human Capital and Rural Economic Development

Community Development and Local Social Capital

Barefield, Alan.

One of the most critical elements of a nation’s social infrastructure is its system of education. Concerns with accessibility, achievement, and choice are significant elements in determining the quality of life for all communities, but most especially for rural communities where resources, and in many cases, opportunities, are perceived to be less plentiful than for their urban and suburban counterparts.

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Education; Pre-kindergarten; Discipline; Community colleges; Rural; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; I21; R11.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53090

Jordan, Jeffrey L.; Anil, Bulent; Munasib, Abdul B.A..

While a substantial amount of research has been devoted to showing what social capital does, research explaining social capital itself lags behind. The literature has a long tradition of examining the effect of social capital on local economic growth and development. In this paper we examine whether local economic development can explain the variation in social capital across various geographical clusters in the state of Georgia. We begin by devising a measurement tool, a Human Development Index (HDI), to measure community development. Our social capital measure includes associational memberships, voluntary activities, and philanthropy obtained from the Georgia Social Capital Survey. The findings show that even after accounting for various demographic and...

Tipo: Journal Article

Palavras-chave: Economic development; Human development; Social capital; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Public Economics; R00.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57159

Study of Economic Impacts Derived from 2005 to 2009 Rural Texas Community Events and Factors that Predict Spending?

Hanagriff, Roger D.; Murova, Olga I.; Lyford, Conrad P..

In this paper, we review the tourism impact from state supported events associated with Texas Rural Economic Development program and in the process of funding measure aspects of events that are found to be related to economic value. The economic values are the result of visitor spending and extrapolated to total event attendance creates economic value. Communities receiving funding were responsible for collecting visitor surveys to measure consumer spending as well as the community completing a survey to record descriptors of the event. The overall program results were that state support represented 14 percent of the total event investment and total event value from visitor spending created approximately $7.50 return for every $1 of state funding....

TRADE ANALYSIS OF RETAIL AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES IN NORTH DAKOTA FOR PLANNING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Palavras-chave: Rural economic impact; Tourism value; Economic development; Tourism; Rural tourism; Travel spending; Community events; Tourism events; Factors of tourism spending; Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development.

Ano: 2010

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56462

Bhuyan, Sanjib.

Trade analysis of retail and service sectors allows economic development practioners to evaluate the performance of these sectors in their respective communities. Estimation of market potential identifies specific business categories (e.g., computer stores) that have potential for further growth. Trade analysis of retail and service sectors in North Dakota shows that except in a few urban counties, such as Cass, Grand Forks, or Burleigh, these sectors were inefficient in retaining and attracting customer dollars. Market potential estimation of over 130 specific business categories showed that a considerable number of business categories have potential for further growth, e.g., computer and software stores, used merchandise stores, and heavy construction...

Regional Integration in Developing Countries: Some Lessons Based on Case Studies

Palavras-chave: Trade analysis; Market potential; Economic development; Community/Rural/Urban Development.

Ano: 1996

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23332

Shams, Rasul.

The main focus of this paper is the question if the success of regional integration organisation in developing countries is, in fact, dependent on factors like similarity of their economic structure, market size or lack of commitment. It is shown that there are also other more important institutional and politico-economical reasons to explain the functioning of such organisations in developing countries. Case studies of ECOWAS and SADC will be used to discuss this question. It is also very often argued that southsouth integration is inferior to north-south integration. This will be discussed considering the case of MERCOSUR as an example.

Disaster Risk, Social Vulnerability and Economic Development

Palavras-chave: Regional integration; Economic development; Africa; Latin America; Political economy; International Relations/Trade; F15; O1; P16.

Ano: 2003

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26272

Ward, Patrick S.; Shively, Gerald E..

We examine the extent to which economic development reduces both a country's disaster risk and its social vulnerability to climate-related disasters. Global climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as droughts, floods, and various types of storms. Moreover, the effects of these extreme weather events are expected to be borne disproportionately in areas of the world already challenged by underdevelopment. We find that the ability of economic development to reduce disaster risk depends on a country's income level; additional income becomes less effective in reducing disaster risk as countries become wealthier. We find that, conditional on a disaster occurring, higher incomes generally reduce a...

Support Scheme of Food Processing Firms: A Driving Force for Rural Development?

Palavras-chave: Natural disasters; Climate change; Economic development; Vulnerability; International Development; Political Economy; I3; Q5; O2.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102984

Trefflich, Annette; Uetrecht, Inge; Efken, Josef; Schafer, Martin; Steinbauer, Christina; Wendt, Heinz.

The agri-food sector was given remarkable amounts of funding by all German federal states in the framework of the Measure g ‘Improving Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products’ within the rural development programs. Based on literature and data we obtained by evaluating this program we identified some indicators representative for illustration of sustainable development, Apart from project data we used the official statistics and the method of case studies. Via selected indicators we received some signs of sustainable development in enterprises of the agri-food industry that also influence the development of rural area. Some statements are restricted because net effects can not be determined. The need for subsidies is discussed as well as...

Marketing Underutilized Plant Species for the Poor

Palavras-chave: Sustainability; Economic development; Case studies; Subsidies; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy; Production Economics.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90868

Gruere, Guillaume P.; Smale, Melinda; Giuliani, Alessandra.

Underutilized plant species are defined as agricultural or non-timber forest species that are locally abundant in developing countries but globally rare. Scientific information about them is scant and their use is currently limited relative to their economic potential. Some are potentially high-value crops and they all contribute to agricultural biodiversity and the livelihood of the poor. Despite a growing body of scientific literature on underutilized species, to our knowledge, agricultural economics literature has contributed little to the understanding of how to commercialize these crops of plant products successfully. In this paper we first define what economic factors characterize underutilized plant species. Our classification of species is based...

Decentralization and development: Emerging issues from Uganda's experience

Palavras-chave: Agricultural marketing; Agricultural biodiversity; Economic development; Crop Production/Industries; Q13; O13; Q56.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25742