poverty reduction

Collective action and property rights for poverty reduction: Insights from Africa and Asia

Authors
Esther Mwangi, Helen Markelova, and Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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https://www.ifpri.org/publication/collective-action-and-property-rights-poverty-reduction-1

Collective action and property rights are two institutions that can significantly contribute to poverty reduction. Collective action aids in the efficient use and protection of natural resources and helps the poor secure land rights by advocating for themselves and their best interests. Secure individual or communal property rights to natural resources, such as land, water, trees, livestock, fish, and genetic resources, are vital to rural people’s livelihoods because they ensure income and provide incentives to invest in productive technologies and sustainably manage resources.

The Impacts of Public Investment in and for Agriculture: Synthesis of the Existing Evidence

Authors
Tewodaj Mogues, Bingxin Yu, Shenggen Fan, Linden McBride
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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https://www.ifpri.org/publication/impacts-public-investment-and-agriculture-synthesis-existing-evidence-synthesis-existing-evidence-synthesis-existing-evidence-synthesis-existing-evidence

In light of a reinvigorated policy orientation toward agriculture in developing countries following recent dramatic developments affecting food prices and agricultural land use, public resource allocation decisionmakers ought to have access to the existing evidence from academic research on the impact of public investments related to and in support of agriculture.

A 2007 Social Accounting Matrix for Uganda (documentation)

Authors
James Thurlow
Publisher
IFPRI
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https://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/2007uganda_sam.pdf
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This paper documents a Ugandan Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for the year 2007. The SAM is based on newly estimated supply-use tables, national accounts, government budgets, and balance of payments. The SAM reconciles these data using cross-entropy estimation techniques. The final SAM is a detailed representation of Uganda’s economy. It separates 37 activities and commodities; 5 types of factors of production; and 5 representative household groups.

Recent Trends and Future Prospects for: Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Investment in Southern Africa

Publisher
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
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https://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=50938
Source / Citation
Recent Trends and Future Prospects for: Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Investment in Southern Africa, ReSAKSS -SA ATOR 2009

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes supporting the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Africa-based centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), to facilitate the implement