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  Spotlight on publications: smallholder farmers and rural development

  Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013

  The publications presented in this overview represent some of the key resources dealing with a variety of issues related to rural development and small-scale farming in Latin America. The selected publications focus on: Market Access ; Territorial Development ; Rural Development ; Agricultural Productivity ; Reality of Smallholder Farmers ; and Land Use and Rights .
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  Spotlight on Publications: Urban Environmental Governance

  Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012

  Latin American cities are tackling environmental challenges through governance mechanisms and initiatives at the local level. The list of publications contianed in this brief highlights key research, policy analysis, and case studies focusing on the urban environmental governance strategies used in Latin American urban areas.
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  The role of other economically active household members in poverty alleviation

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  Over the past several years, the state of poverty in the Philippines has been widely examined and written in various literatures. However, amidst plethora of studies, the role of other economically active household members is always put at the backseat as the usual emphasis of analysis of household-focused empirical studies is on the relationship between headship and poverty.
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  Extent of asset accumulation of the households

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  The poverty incidence of families in the country, that is, the total number of families that can be considered poor had declined from 44.2 percent in 1985 to 39.9 percent in 1991 to 33.7 percent in 2000. However these figures may only convey part of the story about poverty in the country. It is well acknowledged that poverty is multidimensional.
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  In-depth analysis on the access to and suitability of the loans

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  Earlier studies on microfinance in the Philippines focused more on financial management of cooperatives as well as on the macrostructure and performance of MFIs.
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  An Analysis of Industry and Sector-Specific Impacts of a Japan-Philippines economic partnership

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  This paper aims to identify industry and macro-level factors that affect competitiveness of selected sectors upon the implementation of the JPEPA. Priority sectors identified by the Department of Trade and Industry, accounting for 82% of total Philippine exports to Japan in 2002, were included in the study.
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  Preferential rules of origin for the Japan-Philippine economic partnership: issues and prospects

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  The design of rules of origin (ROO) in preferential trade agreements is critical because to the extent that it determines which products are eligible for trade preferences, it influences the magnitude of economic benefits arising from a free trade area (FTA) and who gets them. The challenge in the JPEPA is to craft an ROO that fosters trade but at the same time pegs transaction costs low.
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  Prospects and problems of expanding trade with Japan: a survey of Philippine exporters

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  This paper looks at firm-level factors that affect Philippine exports to Japan with the main objective of recommending provisions for the proposed Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) that will enable existing and prospective Philippine exporters to fully exploit the potential of the Japanese market.
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  Two essays on regional economic integration in East Asia

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2004

  Regional economic integration in East Asia has gained momentum in the aftermath of the 1997 financial crisis and the escalation of international terrorism. In the first essay, the integration process in Europe and East Asia is compared briefly. This is followed by a discussion on the expansion process by the European Union and how East Asia can learn from this.
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  A national policy study on child labour and development in the Philippines

  2004

  The alarming number of children engaged in labour as released by the National Statistics Office from the years 1995 to 2001 gave rise to a timely national policy study to review all the important studies available on child labour and assess key government policies affecting child labour in the Philippines.

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