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| Chaplin, Hannah; Matthews, Alan. |
| Developing countries can produce sugar at much lower cost than it can be produced in the EU, yet reform of the EU sugar policy will result in both winners and losers among them. Reform will benefit competitive sugar exporters currently excluded from the EU market. It will adversely affect those developing countries that currently benefit from preferential import access to the EU's high-priced sugar market, while diminishing the benefits received by those least-developed countries to which duty-free and quota-free access has been promised after July 2009. This article identifies the countries likely to lose and the extent of their potential losses. It examines alternative proposals that have been put forward to assist these countries to adjust to the... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: ACP countries; Development; EBA initiative; EU sugar reform; Trade preferences; International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23828 |
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| Kerr, William A.. |
| Much has been made of "special and differential" treatment in the Doha Development Round of WTO negotiations. In particular, a conscious effort has been made to infer that special and differential treatment will promote development. While special and differential treatment may be a necessary evil given developing countries' higher adjustment costs, dignifying it as a development mechanism plays into the hands of protectionist interests. In particular, by allowing a general increase in the ability of developing countries to isolate their economies, it may reduce the efficacy of important forces that prod institutional reforms in developing countries. As institutional reform is one of the keys to economic development, lionizing special and differential... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Development; Institutional reform; Protectionism; Special and differential treatment; WTO; International Development. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/23896 |
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| Verdi, Adriana Renata; Otani, Malimiria Norico; Fredo, Carlos Eduardo. |
| São Paulo state’s vitiviniculture ranks second in Brazil, being characterized by the production of table grapes and wines derived from American and hybrid varieties. Despite its economic, social, and environmental benefits, the state’s vitiviniculture has witnessed an increasing dependence on grapes produced in other states over the last decade. Besides adding to the cost of producing wine in São Paulo, grape imports from the state of Rio Grande do Sul compromises not only product quality, but also the process of creating an identity for the product. To give a new impetus to the production of grapes and wines in São Paulo, the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) developed a project called “Revitalizing São Paulo’s Vitivinicultural Chain,” a... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Territorial resources; Development; Vitiviniculture.; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95240 |
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| Hudeckova, Helena; Balzerova, Hana. |
| The paper deals with the adoption of new approaches in the practice of rural development. Major attention is paid to the LEADER approach, with the objective of evaluating the implementation of the principles in the activities of actors associated with Czech LAGs. Techniques of content analysis and interviews with selected representatives, mainly with managers of LAGs, were used for sociological empirical research. The results analyse concrete clashes between the hierarchic structure and the principle of network co-operation, which is starting to develop successfully at state-wide and international levels. Next, the results point out the failures in the implementation of the LEADER approach in the Czech Republic which have been overcome (linked with the... |
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Palavras-chave: Countryside; Development; Territorial governance; Stakeholder; LEADER; Community/Rural/Urban Development; GA; IN. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96863 |
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| Jayne, Thomas S.; Govereh, Jones; Chilonda, Pius; Mason, Nicole M.; Chapoto, Antony; Haantuba, Hyde H.. |
| Effective agricultural and food security policies in Africa need to be based on a solid empirical foundation. In Zambia, it is widely perceived that poverty rates are increasing, agricultural growth is stagnant, and real food prices are higher as food production declines. This study examines these trends and finds that all of these perceptions are wrong. Rural poverty rates have declined substantially in rural Zambia since the early 1990s, although they are still unacceptably high. Real staple food prices for consumers have declined by 20% over the past decade, thanks to major reductions in maize milling and retailing margins. And there is evidence of impressive production growth for some crops that are becoming increasingly important sources of income and... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Policy; Development; Indicators; Zambia.; Africa; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development; Q18. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54483 |
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| Konyves, Erika; Suta, Eva. |
| Hungary is the pioneer of the European Equestrian Tourism. Several thousands foreign tourists visited specific equestrian programmes already in the 1960’s and 1970’s. At the same times some hundred thousands of holiday tourists visited equestrian shows and programs organised in different areas of our country. From the beginning of the 1990’s equestrian enterprises (pensions, stables, specialized equestrian services) have been established. The equestrian tourism enterprises are well represented all over the country. They are well organised, the Hungarian Equestrian Tourism Association integrates 80% of equestrian tourism enterprises. Uniquely in Europe, the voluntary professional qualification, called “the horseshoe qualification system” started in 1998.... |
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Palavras-chave: Development; Equestrian; Enterprises; Tourism; Tourism Destination Management; Agribusiness; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53535 |
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| Ehui, Simeon K.; Tsigas, Marinos E.. |
| Poverty is higher in most African countries than elsewhere in the developing world, and highest in the rural areas. Accelerating growth in agriculture will therefore be critical to sustain growth and reduce poverty, but policy makers are unsure which sub-sector will yield the highest return for a given budget. This paper uses an applied general equilibrium model to simulate productivity gains in sub-Saharan agriculture subject to trade-offs between gains in crops and gains in livestock. The simulated results suggest three conclusions. First, most sub-Saharan economies gain more from research and development (R&D) investment in crops than in livestock, though the SACU (South African Customs Union) economies and Madagascar benefit from sharing it between... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Livestock research; Development; Investment; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57018 |
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| Hyland, Paul W.; Clark, Richard A.. |
| Continuous improvement and continuous innovation are used in the service and manufacturing industries, but there is little evidence of their use in the beef production sector. This paper examines the evidence relating to Continuous Innovation and Continuous Improvement and describes a collaborative partnership approach to its implementation in the beef industry. The results indicate that using a facilitated network of businesses can increase the uptake of innovations and improvements in beef businesses. Results also indicate that there is a need to develop facilitators so that they are aware of the impact of innovations and improvements on business profitability and so they can assist managers and business owners to implement short term changes to the... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Continuous innovation; Improvement; Collaboration; Partnerships; Research; Development; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/122182 |
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| Gaitan, Beatriz; Roe, Terry L.. |
| The closed economy neoclassical growth model predicts convergence to a capital stock level that is independent of its initial level, suggesting that discrepancies in per capita income among the world’s economies should largely disappear in the long-run. This paper shows that international trade among countries differing only in their level of initial capital is sufficient to generate long-run income differences across countries. The long-run level of capital of the country most initially endowed with capital is shown to exceed the level of capital otherwise obtained in autarchy while the country least endowed converges to a capital stock lower than would otherwise be obtained in autarchy. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: International trade; Development; Multiple Equilibria; International Relations/Trade; O41; F43; F11. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7183 |
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| Mullally, Conner. |
| Abstract: This essay is an evaluation of year one of the Rural Business Development (RBD) program for small rice farmers in León, Nicaragua. The RBD program is administered by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and is designed to deliver agricultural extension advice and affordable credit in the form of inputs to farm households. This essay estimates the average impact of the program on rice yields and revenues utilizing inverse propensity score weighting combined with linear regression. In conducting statistical inference, it also accounts for the fact that agricultural outcomes are likely correlated over space in a small area such as the one studied here. The results suggest that the program had no impact on average, likely due to the presence of a... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Development; Agriculture; Extension; Credit; Spatial; Propensity score; International Development. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108498 |
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| Rozalino, Luciano; Brito, Andreia Nunes Sa; Neumann, Pedro Selvino; Silveira, Paulo Roberto Cardoso da; Genro, Cicero Joao Malmann. |
| O presente artigo propõe uma reflexão sobre o enfoque convencional de desenvolvimento da região denominada de Metade Sul do Rio Grande do Sul, tomando como referência uma comunidade situada na APA do Ibirapuitã, no município de Rosário do Sul. As abordagens atuais, apoiadas em indicadores como PIB per capta, Valor Adicionado Fiscal e geração de postos de trabalho, consideram a região como pouco desenvolvida. Entre as estratégias utilizadas para reversão desse quadro destacam-se a expansão das modernas lavouras empresarias de arroz e soja e o fomento aos empreendimentos no ramo florestal. Assim, a pergunta central desse artigo é sobre a capacidade dessas estratégias em promover verdadeiramente o “desenvolvimento” da metade sul do RS. O estudo destaca os... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento; Metade sul do RS; Identidade Territorial; Development; Southern half of the RS; International Development. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114161 |
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| Gandhi, Vasant P.; Marsh, Robin. |
| The paper examines the impact of local institutions on development and poverty in the rural areas of India. Recent research on the role of institutions on the path of economic development indicates the importance of both "macro" and "micro" institutions including local institutions. The study finds a large number of both formal and informal local institutions in the surveyed villages, and a substantial degree of interaction of the households with the institutions. These include both formal institutions such as service cooperatives and dairy cooperatives, as well as informal institutions such as savings groups, community associations and labour groups. The study finds that apart from the standard factors included such as land, capital and labour, the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Institutions; Development; Poverty reduction; International Development. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25928 |
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| McConnell, Virginia D.; Kopits, Elizabeth; Walls, Margaret. |
| This paper examines transferable development rights (TDRs) policies as a way to preserve farmland and change the density of development. Characteristics of TDR markets are described, including why they might promote efficiency, and the difficulties that arise in implementing them. Evidence from an established TDR program in Calvert County, Maryland, is used to assess the potential for TDRs to influence subdivision density, and to achieve local land preservation goals. The Calvert program has succeeded in creating an active and stable TDR market, and has therefore preserved a large amount of farmland in the region. But we find that the demand for additional density permitted with TDRs occurs mostly in rural areas and not in the higher density town centers... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Land preservation; Development; Markets; Density; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10240 |
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