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Revista de la CEPAL 82
Articles de presse, 2004
En la década anterior a la crisis de 1995, mejoraron en México los indicadores de desarrollo humano. Aplicando técnicas de descomposición, el artículo mide el efecto de esas mejoras en las condiciones de los hogares...
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Les biotechnologies agricoles: une réponse aux besoins des plus démunis?
Publication phare, 2004
La presente édition de La situation mondiale de l'alimentation et de l'agriculture examine comment les biotechnologies agricoles pourront répondre aux besoins des populations pauvres qui souffrent d'insécurité alimentaire. L'agriculture reste confronte de graves difficultés, en particulier...
Articles de presse, 2004
This study analyses income, expenditure and food consumption data in Ethiopia to help explains the country’s high probability of national food consumption shortfalls. The study argues that to reach the goal of increased national food...
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Assessing the vulnerability of agricultural households to macroeconomic shocks: Evidence from Mexico
Articles de presse, 2004
This paper uses cross-sectional data from Mexico before and after the 1994 peso crisis to analyze rural household vulnerability to macroeconomic shocks. The study suggests that agricultural households are less vulnerable than non-agricultural households. The...
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ESA Working Paper 03-22
Document de travail, 2003
Increasing problems of rural unemployment in Indonesia are at the core of this report. Numbers of unemployed increased dramatically after the 1997 economic crisis and millions of people searched to be reabsorbed in rural labour...
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ESA Working Paper 03-16
Document de travail, 2003
Prior research on Mexican migration has shown that social networks and economic incentives play an important role in determining migration outcomes. This study utilizes experimental data on PROGRESA, Mexico's primary poverty reduction program, to evaluate...
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ESA Working Paper 03-06
Document de travail, 2003
This paper provides an assessment of the potential for smallholder agroforestry projects to be competitive in markets for carbon emission reduction credits, and explores the ways in which smallholder participation in such markets may be...
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ESA Working Paper 02-09
Document de travail, 2002
This paper examines the PROGRESA and PROCAMPO cash transfer programs in Mexico and evaluates their impact on household food security and nutrition. These two programs differ in their gender targeting, with PROGRESA aimed at women...
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Articles de presse, 2002
This article explores the role of migrant networks in Mexican rural out-migration focusing on how network composition influences rural-to-rural, rural-to-urban, and rural-to-international migration. Using data from rural Mexico, migration is considered in a multiple-choice context...
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ESA Working Paper 02-05
Document de travail, 2002
An agribusiness firm’s choice to expand activities through contract farming rather than plantations, buying directly from open markets or other means reflects differences in transaction costs found in different types of procurement systems. Smallholders may...
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