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Aspects of labour in an agro-pastoral economy: the northern Beja of Sudan
Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1990This paper discusses for the case of the Beja agro-pastoral society, the interconnections between different aspects of labour, which include techniques of production, division of labour by gender and age, paid labour and labour migration, and the cultural and political ramifications of different sorts of labour.DocumentProblems of compiling internationally comparable agricultural statistics and estimation of missing data (FAO)
Faostat, FAO, 1999This "page" looks at some of the problems the FAO Statistics Division (ESS) faces in compiling agricultural statistics; it doesn't attempt to go into the problems facing the countries themselves - which are probably well known; it is not a guide to data collection in countries.DocumentEvidence on trade and wages in the developing world
OECD Development Centre, 1996This paper synthesizes nine in-depth developing country (LDC) studies on the impact of trade upon wages. It is traditionally assumed that in LDCs trade liberalization lowers relative wage dispersion, while raising wage dispersion in DCs.DocumentRapid Economic Growth in China: Implications for the World Economy
Brookings Institution, 1997Rapid growth of the Chinese economy in the past decade and its potential for strong growth into the foreseeable future have caused anxieties in the rest of the world. Some commentators see Chinese growth wholly in terms of competition for trade and investment opportunities with other developing economies and a major cause of structural adjustments in the advanced industrialized economies.DocumentThe efficiency of government expenditure : experiences from Africa
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997This paper attempts to provide a cross-country comparison of the efficiency of government expenditure on education and health in 38 countries in Africa during 1984-95 by using data on public sector inputs and outputs in education and health and Free Disposal Hull (FDH) analysis--a technique developed to empirically assess the efficiency of production in a market environment.DocumentImproving access of smallholders to agricultural services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Farmer cooperation and the role of the donor community
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997Successful cooperation among smallholders requires a close match between their existing experience and financial capacity and the types of cooperation required by any joint activity. It is often built on previous cooperative experience.DocumentHow Rural Market Imperfections Shape the Relation Between Farm Size and Productivity: a General Framework and an Application to Pakistani Data
Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1996The subject of this article is the alleged inverse relationship between farm size and productivity in developing countries. The recent controversy is reviewed, and a framework is provided to explain the inverse relationship based on plausible assumptions about imperfections in the markets for labor, credit and land. On this basis testable hypotheses are derived.DocumentChecklists for integrating gender issues into project identification and design
Gendernet, World Bank, 1999Checklists, developed within and outside the Bank, of important gender issues that staff can keep in mind when developing policies and programs in a given sector. Sectors include: agriculture, water and sanitation, health, credit, educationDocumentThe impact of trade liberalisation on income distribution in China
National Centre for Development Studies, Australia, 1997While poverty has been declining with strong income growth, China’s income distribution has deteriorated in recent years. Trade policy has been advocated to address income disparities, especially those between rural and urban households. Using a computable general equilibrium model, this paper analyses the impact of trade policy on imcomes of different households.