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Book (series)Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative A Living from Livestock The Political Economy of International Development and Pro-Poor Livestock Policies: A Comparative Assessment Revised and Expanded
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No results found.This is the 35th of a series of Working Papers prepared for the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI). The purpose of these papers is to explore issues related to livestock development in the context of poverty alleviation. Livestock is vital to the economies of many developing countries. Animals are a source of food, more specifically protein for human diets, income, employment and possibly foreign exchange. For low income producers, livestock can serve as a store of wealth, provide drau ght power and organic fertiliser for crop production and a means of transport. Consumption of livestock and livestock products in developing countries, though starting from a low base, is growing rapidly. -
DocumentPro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock. Pro-Poor Livestock Policies: Which Poor to Target? 2004
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No results found.As the majority of the rural poor keep livestock and markets for livestock products are rapidly growing, supporting smallholder livestock production and marketing can make a significant contribution to the livelihoods of the poor and offers substantial scope for expansion to alleviate poverty. This potential is far from being realized, however, and there is much wider scope for the promotion of livestock, especially among poor rural communities, by national and international policy makers. -
DocumentPro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative: A Living from Livestock. Ex ante Tool for Ranking Policy Alternatives. EXTRAPOLATE version 1.1 Draft. User Guide 2008
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No results found.Extrapolate is a decision support tool that assesses the impact of different policy measures. By disaggregating the effects of policy interventions the tool facilitates discussion of the relevant issues and enables users to visualise the predicted impacts of policy interventions, based on a simple numerical analysis. The tool helps decision makers to sift through a range of policy measures to identify those that could be applied in a specific situation to achieve particular outcomes that further specific policy objectives. This user guide has been written to provide step-by-step instructions for all the features of the EXTRAPOLATE software.
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