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    From Prices to Incomes: Agricultural Subsidization without Protection?

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    In theory, moving from price based subsidies for agriculture to less distorted income support programs makes sense.
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    Agricultural trade and rural development in the Middle East and North Africa: recent developments and prospects

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
    More robust, dynamic growth could significantly boost sustainable economic growth and rural development in countries in the Middle East and North Africa with a comparative advantage in agriculture. But high levels of protection in many of those countries contribute to overvalued exchange rates and a significant bias against agriculture.
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    Is growth in Bangladesh's rice production sustainable?

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    The current level of per capita production of rice in Bangladesh can be sustained only through increased yields of modern rice varieties.The recent growth of food grain (primarily rice) production in Bangladesh has outpaced population growth largely because of the spread of green revolution technology.
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    How prices and macroeconomic policies affect agricultural supply and the environment

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996
    There is clearly a link between agricultural incentives and the environment, but quantitative data on such topics as soil quality and land use are inadequate for sound analysis.Mamingi studies the literature on how agricultural prices and macroeconomic policies affect agricultural supply and how that supply affects the environment.
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    Agriculture and the policy environment: Zambia and Zimbabwe: political dreams and policy nightmares

    OECD Development Centre, 1992
    The paper examines the effect of differing policies in the post-independence period on the agricultural and overall economic performance of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It focuses on the interaction between macroeconomic and agricultural policy reforms. It shows that macro and micro reforms need to be closely linked and that both are critical to sectoral performance.
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    ETFRN Newsletter

    European Tropical Forest Research Network, 1999
    Quarterly publication of the European Tropical Forest Research Network. Each issue contains articles dealing with research programmes and organisations involved in forest research in the tropics and subtropics, short news items, publication announcements, internet features, and requests for research cooperation. Every issue focusses on a different theme, e.g.
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    Child Labour in commercial agriculture in Africa

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 1999
    This paper seeks to review briefly the available evidence on the extent and types of child labour in the commercial agriculture sector in the Africa region. Information and data are included from case-studies carried out on the child labour situation in commercial agriculture in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
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    By the Sweat & Toil of Children: The Use of Child Labor in U.S. Agricultural Imports & Forced and Bonded Child Labor

    International Child Labor Program, USA, 1999
    Examines children working to produce agricultural products exported to the United States and children working under forced labor conditions, such as bonded (or slave) labor and forced prostitution.
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    The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability: summary for policy makers (IPCC working group 2 special report, Sept 1997) html version

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 1997
    The special report provides, on a regional basis, a review of (then) state-of-the-art information on the vulnerability to potential changes in climate of ecological systems, socioeconomic sectors (including agriculture, fisheries, water resources, and human settlements), and human health. The report reviews the sensitivity of these systems as well as options for adaptation.
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    Technologies, Policies and Measures for Mitigating Climate Change: technical paper for IPCC working group 2

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 1996
    This Technical Paper provides an overview and analysis of technologies and measures to limit and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to enhance GHG sinks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC).

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