For over three decades, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has performed measurements of poverty in the Latin American countries in order to estimate its prevalence in the region using a common methodology. Economic and social changes have prompted an update of th...
Esta investigación busca verificar el valor de las elasticidades ingreso y desigualdad de la pobreza en las áreas urbanas y rurales de los estados brasileños. Una metodología con datos de panel capaz de abarcar los efectos espaciales mediante un modelo de rezago espacial permitiría verificar la e...
Souza, Helson Gomes de
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Tabosa, Francisco José Silva
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Araujo, Jair Andrade
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Elasticidades ingreso y desigualdad de la pobreza en áreas urbanas y rurales
de los estados brasileños: un enfoque espacial
An in-depth analysis is made of objectives and constraints in cassava development in Latin America. Integrated cassava development projects aim at promoting the organizational intervention by which small-scale cassava farmers are linked to high growth markets. The 6 main activities involved in th...
Lynam, John K.
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Janssen, W.
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[Methodology development for the planning and evaluation of integrated cassava development projects]
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Methodology development for the planning and evaluation of integrated cassava development projects
Quantitative information on Colombian consumption of different foods (among them beans) is presented by region, urban or rural sector, and income strata in terms of physical amounts, contribution to protein and calorie supply, and expenditure share. The study was based on a cross sectional survey...
Sanint, Luis Roberto
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Rivas Ríos, Libardo
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Duque E., Myriam Cristina
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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[Food consumption patterns in Colombia--a cross-sectional analysis of the DANE/DRI 1981 household survey]
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Food consumption patterns in Colombia--a cross-sectional analysis of the DANE/DRI 1981 household survey
Data on snap bean consumption are reviewed for Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Philippines, Rwanda, Taiwan and Turkey to evaluate the present and possible future importance of snap beans in human diets, and the implication of consumption issues for snap bean research. Analyses of current...
In an assessment of the possible benefits to consumers and producers from snap bean research, four different technologies are proposed and their impact analyzed. Benefits are measured by using a welfare analysis and calculating the internal rate of return under different assumptions. The range of...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Capica: Una leguminosa forrajera para la altillanura del Orinoco]
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Capica: Una leguminosa forrajera para la altillanura del Orinoco
