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  Fulani settlement and modes of adjustment in the Northwest Province of Cameroon

  Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1993

  This collection of papers includes:Highlights of the Nigerian livestock resources report (David Bourn). This article estimates the value of Nigerian livestock as a major national asset. Who controls this asset is worth further study.Cashmere production in Northern China (Angus Russel).
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  From single parents to child-headed households: the case of children orphaned by AIDS in Kisumu and Siaya districts in Kenya

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998

  The socio-economic consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic are felt in a growing number of countries and increasing mortality rates among adults are threatening economic and social well-being.This study looks at the status, needs and skills of orphans, especially those orphaned by AIDS and shows that:when a husband dies of AIDS in a family, the mother is also often living with HIV/AIDS a
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  Carbon Sinks in the Post-Kyoto World

  Weathervane: Digital Forum on Global Climate Policy, 1998

  Reviews the basic scientific understanding about forests' function as carbon sinks and forest-related activities and trends that alter global carbon balances. They also examine the Kyoto Protocol 's language regarding the role of forests as carbon sinks and sources, and the use of forestry-based projects to produce carbon credits under the Protocol. [author]
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  The Changing Roles of Rural Non-Agricultural Activities in the Livelihoods of Nigerien Peasants [Niger]

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998

  Although it is widely recognized that peasant economies are complex and diversified, non-agricultural activities performed in rural areas by peasants constitute a phenonemon which until recently has obtained very little attention from development research.
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  The Ghanaian Manufacturing Sector 1991-1995: Firm Growth, Productivity and Convergence [paper and dataset]

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1998

  The removal of high levels of protection combined with substantial real devaluations has changed the environment in which Ghanaian manufacturing firms have operated in the 1990s. The changes in output, composition and productivity, which have occurred over this period, are examined in this paper.
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  Can Robust Pro-Female Policies be Identified When the True Model of the Household is Unknown?

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1998

  This paper seeks to identify parameter changes which are robust in the sense that they benefit women relative to men in a wide range of household models. The models considered are unitary, Nash- bargaining and non-cooperative with and without cash transfers. Reductions in the relative price of ‘female' consumer goods prices are robust; increases in relative wages are highly non-robust.
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  Changes in Poverty in Uganda, 1992-1996

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1998

  Analysis of four nationally representative household surveys from Uganda show a fall in poverty from 1992-1996. Using an absolute poverty line calculated following Ravallion and Bidani, we find 56% of Ugandans were poor in 1992 falling to 46% in 1996. The fall is due to growth, not redistribution, with cash crop farming, manufacturing and distribution sectors benefiting the most.
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  Maize markets and rural storage in Mozambique: A spatial and temporal analysis

  Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1998

  Examines marketing patterns when interest and storage loss rates are greater in rural zones, representing informal sector storage usually on-farm, than in urban zones, representing formal sector storage off-farm. Empirical results indicate that divergences in interest and storage loss rates across space have significant impacts on marketing patterns.
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  Structural characteristics of the economy of Mozambique: A SAM-based analysis

  Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1998

  Key features of the Mozambican economy are synthesized in this paper based on a new 1995 social accounting matrix. Particular attention is paid to the critical role of home consumption and large marketing margins. The fundamental importance of agricultural development emerges clearly from a descriptive review and from structural path analyses.
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  Poverty and Environment: Turning the Poor into Agents of Environmental Regeneration

  Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998

  The poor adapt and learn to live with poverty in a variety of ways. They also try to cope with shocks from events such as droughts, floods and loss of employment. Environmental resources play a vital role in their survival strategies. As the poor depend on environmental resources, one can expect them to have a stake in their preservation. Much of the damage done to natural resources is by others.

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