Documents et rapports
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Poverty reducing potential of smallholder agriculture in Zambia: opportunities and constraints (anglais)
The objective of this paper is to investigate poverty-reducing potential of smallholder agriculture in Zambia, considering suggested public actions expected to stimulate broad-based growth in the rural...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 34246 Date du document: 1 juillet 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Siegel, Paul B.,Alwang,Jeffrey Roger
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Vulnerability : a view from different disciplines (anglais)
Practitioners from different disciplines use different meanings and concepts of vulnerability, which, in turn, have led to diverse methods of measuring it. This paper presents a selective review of the...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 23304 Date du document: 30 juin 2001 Auteur: Alwang, Jeffrey,Siegel, Paul B.,Jorgensen, Steen
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Viewing microinsurance as a social risk management instrument (anglais)
The objectives of this paper are to highlight some of the potential and limitations of microinsurance in the context of Social Risk Management (SRM) framework to stimulate further discussion. The paper...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 23305 Date du document: 30 juin 2001 Auteur: Siegel, Paul B.,Alwang, Jeffrey,Canagarajah, Sud
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An asset-based approach to social risk management : a conceptual framework (anglais)
There is increasing concern about the vulnerability of poor and near-poor rural households, who have limited capabilities to manage risk and often resort to strategies that can lead to a vicious cycle...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 21324 Date du document: 31 octobre 1999 Auteur: Siegel, Paul B.,Alwang, Jeffrey
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Is export diversification the best way to achieve export growth and stability? A look at three African countries (anglais)
Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe depend heavily on export earnings from a narrow base of agricultural commodities (coffee, cotton, sugar, tea, and tobacco). This dependence increased between 1961 - 1973...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS729 Date du document: 31 juillet 1991 Auteur: Ali, Ridwan,Alwang, Jeffrey,Siegel, Paul B.
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An intercountry analysis of employment and returns to labour in agriculture (anglais)
The inter-country analysis reported in this paper focuses on the following features. In growing economies, labor shifts from agriculture in a gradual process of reallocation. With growth, relative income...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD230 Date du document: 1 février 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kislev, Yoav,Siegel, Paul B.