Search Results - "Development economics"

Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali by Heath, Rachel, Hidrobo, Melissa, Roy, Shalini

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The effect of the National Food Reserve Agency on maize market prices in Tanzania by Pierre, Guillaume, Pauw, Karl, Magrini, Emiliano

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Land rental markets and rural poverty dynamics in Northern Ethiopia: Panel data evidence using survival models by Ghebru, Hosaena, Stein, Holden

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Early childhood nutrition and health by Azzarri, Carlo

“…This article provides an introduction and overview of key findings from the United Nations University—World Institute for Development Economics Research symposium on “Aiding Government Effectiveness in Developing Countries.” …”
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Food subsidy changes in Sri Lanka: The short-run effect on the poor by Edirisinghe, Neville

“…When a basic needs approach began to be emphasized in development economics, Sri Lanka gained much prominence due to its long-standing involvement in broad social welfare policies.1 Long before the advent of the basic needs approach, Sri Lanka had pursued a policy of allocating large amounts of resources to enhancing the health, education, and nutrition of the population. …”
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Performance of ground watermarkets in Pakistan by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

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[Comment on] Fitzgerald, E.V.K. Private sector investment and savings behavior: the policy implications of capital account disaggregation by Malik, Sohail

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Rural poverty in Pakistan: some recent evidence by Malik, Sohail

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Explaining index-based livestock insurance to pastoralists by McPeak, J.G., Chantarat, S., Mude, Andrew G.

“…Originality/value – This is a completely new idea in the area of arid and semi-arid livestock production, the challenge is pronounced, and as insurance becomes more important in the development economics toolkit, the authors believe others can benefit from seeing what they have done.…”
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Potential for cassava breeding in Asia by Kawano, K

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Iron deficiency and schooling attainment in Peru by Chong, Alberto, Cohen, Isabelle, Field, Erica, Nakasone, Eduardo, Torero, Máximo

“…A key question in development economics is whether nutritional deficiencies generate intergenerational poverty traps by reducing the earnings potential of children born into poverty. …”
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Herder-related violence, labor allocation, and the gendered response of agricultural households by Bloem, Jeffrey R., Damon, Amy, Francis, David C., Mitchell, Harrison

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Understanding social safety nets and intra-household food allocation: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh by Coleman, Fiona M., Ahmed, Akhter, Roy, Shalini, Hoddinott, John F.

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Utilizacion de la tierra e importancia de la yuca en la finca DRI en los Departamentos de Atlantico, Bolivar, Cordoba y Sucre by Janssen, W.

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An agro-economic survey of the weeds and weeding practices in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Colombia by Doll, J., Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Díaz, R.O.

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Spousal decision-making and agricultural investments: The relation between information asymmetries, risk preferences and investments in agricultural intensification in rural Uganda by Schenkel, Leonie

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Nonclassical measurement error and farmers’ response to information treatment by Abay, Kibrom A., Barrett, Christopher B., Kilic, Talip, Moylan, Heather, Ilukor, John, Vundru, Wilbert Drazi

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Effects of COVID-19 restrictions on mechanization service providers and mechanization equipment retailers: Insights from phone surveys in Myanmar by Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Masias, Ian, Win, Myat Thida, Zone, Phoo Pye

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Distortions to agricultural incentives: Evidence from Nigerian value chains by Tokgoz, Simla, Allen, Summer L., Majeed, Fahd, Paris, Bas, Adeola, Olajide, Osabuohien, Evans

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COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: From reopening to recovery: Alternative pathways and impacts on sectors, jobs, and households by Breisinger, Clemens, Raouf, Mariam, Wiebelt, Manfred, Kamaly, Ahmed, Karara, Mouchera

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