Author: Pan A. YotopoulosPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251013694
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A Micro Economic-demographic Model of the Agricultural Household in the Philippines
Author: Pan A. YotopoulosPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251013694
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Agricultural Household Models
Author: Inderjit SinghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural industries
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book presents the basic model of an agricultural household that underlies most of the case studies undertaken so far. The model assumes that households are price-takers and is therefore recursive. The decisions modeled include those affecting production and the demand for inputs and those affecting consumption and the supply of labor. Comparative results on selected elasticities are presented for a number of economies. The empirical significance of the approach is demonstrated in a comparison of models that treat production and consumption decisions separately and those in which the decisionmaking process is recursive. The book summarizes the implications of agricultural pricing policy for the welfare of farm households, marketed surplus, the demand for nonagricultural goods and services, the rural labor market, budget revenues, and foreign exchange earnings. In addition, it is shown that the basic model can be extended in order to explore the effects of government policy on crop composition, nutritional status, health, saving, and investment and to provide a more comprehensive analysis of the effects on budget revenues and foreign exchange earnings. Methodological topics, primarily the data requirements of the basic model and its extensions, along with aggregation, market interaction, uncertainty, and market imperfections are discussed. The most important methodological issues - the question of the recursive property of these models - is also discussed.
Poverty in the Philippines
Author: Asian Development BankPublisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292547410
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Against the backdrop of the global financial crisis and rising food, fuel, and commodity prices, addressing poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge. The proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined slowly and unevenly in the past four decades, and poverty reduction has been much slower than in neighboring countries such as the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Economic growth has gone through boom and bust cycles, and recent episodes of moderate economic expansion have had limited impact on the poor. Great inequality across income brackets, regions, and sectors, as well as unmanaged population growth, are considered some of the key factors constraining poverty reduction efforts. This publication analyzes the causes of poverty and recommends ways to accelerate poverty reduction and achieve more inclusive growth. it also provides an overview of current government responses, strategies, and achievements in the fight against poverty and identifies and prioritizes future needs and interventions. The analysis is based on current literature and the latest available data, including the 2006 Family Income and Expenditure Survey.
Economic-demographic Interactions in Agricultural Development
Author: Oded StarkPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251007013
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts
Author: List of Documents
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Economic Growth and Development in Ethiopia
Author: Almas HeshmatiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811081263
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This volume is a collection of selected empirical studies on determinants of economic growth and development in Ethiopia.The core argument for editing this book is to provide an up-to-date picture of the state and patterns of growth and development in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has been under focus in the past due to draughts, war, famine, development changes and the effects of global economic crisis in the country. A main contribution of this volume is that it helps identify selected important determinants of growth and development in Ethiopia and provides an estimation of their effects using up-to-date data, modelling and methods. Taken together the studies provide a comprehensive picture of the state of growth and development, their measurements, causal relationships and evaluation of efficient policies and practices in achieving progress in Ethiopia. The issues covered represent major challenges to the government and development organizations who are aiming at achieving higher growth and alleviating poverty in the country. The studies cover transition from rural agriculture to urban industry and the development of services.
FAO Documentation
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Documentation CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Guide to Microforms in Print
Author: FAO Publications Catalogue
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description