Decentralised innovation systems and poverty reduction: experimental evidence from Central Africa
We use experimental data to investigate whether a decentralised approach to promoting innovation in central African agriculture outperforms conventional extension ap proaches. Our main result is that this decentralised approach, based on so-called innova tion platforms, is effective in reducing pov...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116000 |
| Summary: | We use experimental data to investigate whether a decentralised approach to promoting
innovation in central African agriculture outperforms conventional extension ap proaches. Our main result is that this decentralised approach, based on so-called innova tion platforms, is effective in reducing poverty – more effective than conventional
extension approaches. However, we also document considerable heterogeneity in
terms of platform performance. |
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