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Commodity Prices and Intra-Household Labor AllocationVolatility in commodity markets poses a distinct risk to farmers in developing countries who rely on cash crop agriculture...
Households Income Labour supplyBlog
Commodities, industry, and the African Growth Miracle
The 2016 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank occur during uncertain times for the “African Growth Miracle.” After more than two decades of sustained economic expansion, growth in sub-Saharan Africa slow...
Competition Economic development Economic growthWorking Paper
Coffee price volatility and intra-household labour supply: Evidence from VietnamVolatility in commodity markets poses an acute risk to farmers in developing countries who rely on cash crop agriculture...
Households Income Labour supplyJournal Article
Agricultural Commodity Price Shocks and Their Effect on Growth in Sub-Saharan AfricaCommodity price shocks are an important type of external shock and are often cited as a problem for economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa...
Agriculture Economic growth MacroeconomicsBlog
From the Editor's Desk (September-October 2015)
UNU-WIDER had a busy September. We celebrated our 30 th birthday with some 600 people at our three-day conference on ‘Mapping the Future of Development Economics’ here in Helsinki. It was a great occasion...
Agriculture Business enterprises Capital investmentsBlog
Malawi's Farm Subsidy Benefits the Poor but Doesn't Come CheapMalawi’s farm input subsidy benefits the poor and can be part of a viable national development strategy. Agriculture is Malawi’s main economic sector...
Agriculture Economic equilibrium Public expendituresJournal Article
The Economy-wide Impacts and Risks of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy ProgramWe estimate the impact of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program using an economy-wide approach. This approach yields benefit-cost ratios about 60% higher than existing partial equilibrium studies, a result of our accounting for indirect benefits...
Agriculture Economic equilibrium Food industry and tradeResearch Brief
The impact of the 2007-08 food price crisis in BrazilThe impact of the 2007–08 food price crisis in Brazil was relatively subdued compared with what took place in many other developing countries...
Agriculture Food industry and trade InflationBlog
What did we Learn at the L2C Conference about Industrial Development and Policy in Africa?
22 August 2013 Roger Williamson Given the high growth rates since 2000 and low labour costs, Africa could develop manufacturing industry, agro-processing, and services...
Education Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Human capitalBlog
Ghana’s Oil Resources Toward Economic Growth and Human Development
Robert Darko Osei As the country’s oil production shifts into gear, Ghana’s new status as a middle-income country is bound to see a reduction in official development assistance (ODA) in the medium to long term...
Accounting Capital Economic assistance and foreign aidBlog
Surprises Ahead? Tony Addison With six months remaining till the end of 2011, it’s time to take a peek into the near future. What can we expect? John Kenneth Galbraith once said that economic forecasting was invented to make astrology look respectable...
Agriculture Climate change Public debtJournal Article
Does Aid Mitigate External Shocks?Part of Journal Special Issue Development Aid
Economic assistance and foreign aid International trade PricesWorking Paper
Does Aid Mitigate External Shocks?This paper investigates the role of aid in mitigating the adverse effects of commodity export price shocks on growth in commodity-dependent countries...
Economic assistance and foreign aid International trade PricesBook Chapter
Food Security in the South Pacific Island Countries with Special Reference to the Fiji IslandsFrom the book: Food Insecurity, Vulnerability and Human Rights Failure
Agriculture and state Food industry and trade Food securityBook Chapter
The Impact of Domestic and International Commodity Price Volatility on Agricultural Income Instability in Ghana, Vietnam and PeruFrom the book: Food Security
Households Prices Primary commoditiesWorking Paper
Food Security in the South Pacific Island Countries with Special Reference to the Fiji IslandsThis paper analyses the status of food security in selected South Pacific Island countries, namely Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu at the national and household levels during the period 1991-20...
Agriculture and state Food industry and trade Food security