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Urban proximity, access to value chains, and dairy productivity in Ethiopia por Vandercasteelen, Joachim, Minten, Bart, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…We look at how urban proximity—measured as travel time—affects the decisions and productivity of milk farmers located in rural production zones serving fresh milk to the capital Addis Ababa. …”
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Institutional arrangements to make public spending responsive to the poor: When intent meets political economy realities por Mogues, Tewodaj, Erman, Alvina

“…Researchers and practitioners increasingly appreciate that accounting for the needs of ordinary citizens in developing countries supports the process of pro‐poor public resource allocation.We examine the existing evidence with regard to four institutional arrangements that endeavour to make public spending responsive to the needs of the poor by moving decision‐making procedures closer to the population. …”
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Epidemiology of Respiratory Diseases: Impact on Smallholder Pig Production Systems in Uganda (Pig multipathogen survey and disease impact - Lira district) por Dione, Michel, Oba, Peter, Wieland, Barbara, Ouma, Emily A.

“…In addition, losses associated with respiratory infections need to be quantified to guide decision making processes that aim to reduce the negative impacts of respiratory diseases. …”
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PIM 2017 annual report por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…These critical issues are all germane to CGIAR’s System Level Outcomes (SLOs), and research on them from PIM’s six flagships informs the global discourse and provides diagnostic and evaluative evidence to decision makers (see Table A-1 for evidence of PIM’s contributions to the SLOs).…”
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Groundnut export tax in Senegal: Winners and losers por Fofana, Ismaël, Badiane, Ousmane, Camara, Alhassane, Goundan, Anatole

“…The economic structure and the external trade features of the country are as relevant as the fiscal policy decisions associated with the implementation of the trade reform.…”
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Land policy and the youth bulge’ in Ethiopia: How social and economic transformations are scrutinizing the status quo por Ghebru, Hosaena

“…This study examines the effect of land access on youth migration and employment decisions in Ethiopia using data from Living Standard Measurement Study (LSMS)- Ethiopian Socio-economic Survey (ESS) of 2013/14 and 2015/16. …”
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Scaling up agricultural innovation for inclusive livelihood and productivity outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Nigeria por Ogunniyi, Adebayo, Oluseyi, Olagunju Kehinde, Adeyemi, Ogundipe, Kabir, Salman K., Phillips, Francis

“…Agricultural research programmes driven by agricultural innovation system concepts usually aim to change the way in which low income rural agrarian households in a nation like Nigeria communicate with the market and the decision‐making strategies pertaining to development of their agri‐business and the scarce resources which are at their disposal. …”
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Synopsis: Who influences government spending in agriculture? The roles of public actors in subnational funding allocation in Nigeria por Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Mogues, Tewodaj

“…However, several applicable theories and empirical analyses on the dynamics of policymaking have not yet been applied to public expenditure decision-making in agriculture, particularly in Africa. …”
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The interplay of production commercialisation and specialization: An empirical study on Chinese smallholders por Li, Lihua, Varua, Maria Estela, Komarek, Adam M., Shankar, Sriram, Bellotti, William D.

“…The validity, relevance, and strength of the instruments were tested using the Stock-Yogo weak instrument diagnostics test.A two-way interrelationship between specialisation and commercialisation were confirmed, and suggest that farmers’ decisions on farm commercialisation and production specialisation are actually separate and interacting.By demonstrating that a virtuous cycle exists between agricultural commercialisation and on-farm specialisation, policies can be formulated to complement these two effects that may help increase small holders’ income. …”
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The political economy of public expenditures in agriculture: Applications of concepts to Mozambique por Mogues, Tewodaj, do Rosario, D.

“…We explore the driving factors behind the amount and allocation of public funds to agriculture, and behind the differential attention that various types of public investments receive in the process of making decisions on resource allocation. Agricultural public investments are more likely to be made that have two key features: higher attributability to politicians and donors of the output of public spending, and a shorter lag time between expenditures incurred and outputs produced. …”
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The rising costs of animal-source foods in Ethiopia: Evidence and implications por Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Minten, Bart, Yimer, Feiruz

“…Given the importance of prices for consumption decisions in these settings, we analyze ASF price patterns in the last decade (2007-2016), relying on a large-scale price dataset collected in 116 urban retail markets in Ethiopia. …”
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Financial constraints and international trade with endogenous mode of competition por Bouët, Antoine, Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël

“…The goal of this paper is to examine how financial constraints affect firms’ decisions to export when the mode of intra-sectoral competition is endogenous. …”
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Is more chocolate bad for poverty? An evaluation of cocoa pricing for Ghana’s industrialization and poverty reduction por Mulangu, Francis, Miranda, Mario, Maiga, Eugenie

“…The purpose of this study is to understand how cocoa pricing options affect local processors’ cocoa acquisition, processing, and inventory decisions, with the ultimate goal of determining which policies best meet the multiple, but possibly conflicting, public policy objectives of maximizing government revenue, maximizing and stabilizing processor profits and throughput, and reducing poverty rates among cocoa beans producers. …”
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A chat about insurance: Experimental results from rural Bangladesh por Clarke, Daniel J., de Nicola, Francesca, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Kumar, Neha, Mehta, Parendi

“…The presence of group savings does not alter demand for insurance, though group savings is found to be a particularly popular risk management tool, especially when decisions are made in groups.…”
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Climate uncertainty and economic development: Evaluating the case of Mozambique to 2050 por Arndt, Channing, Thurlow, James

“…We conclude that, relative to current practice, this structural probabilistic approach provides (i) significantly more information to decision-makers, (ii) more detailed insight into the importance of various impact channels, and (iii) a more holistic and comprehensive approach for evaluating adaptation options.…”
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Climate Change Gender Action Plan (CCGAP) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia por Tesfaye, Abonesh, Andoshe, Mohammed, Legesse, Ketema, Mulatu, Ayalneh, Ambaw, Gebermedihin, Makonnen, Brook T.

“…These inequalities limit their access to resources, decision-making processes, and adaptive capacities. …”
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Impact of solar energy subscription on the market performance of micro, small & medium enterprises in Nigeria por Owusu-Sekyere, Enoch, Cissé, Fatoumata Nankoto, Achandi, Esther Leah

“…By adopting solar energy, MSMEs using the national grid and standby generators can cut down their average monthly energy expenditure by 36.64%. MSMEs’ decision to adopt solar energy is influenced by trade-offs between the possible production, economic and environmental effects as well as business owners, business, and product characteristics. …”
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The impact of seed policy reforms and intellectual property rights on crop productivity in India por Kolady, Deepthi, Spielman, David J., Cavalieri, Anthony J.

“…The growth of private investment in developing‐country agriculture, new advances in the biological sciences, and rapid integration of developing countries into the global trading system has heightened interest in the topic of seed market and intellectual property rights’ (IPRs) policies among public policy‐makers, corporate decision‐makers and other actors in the agricultural sector. …”
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Communicating information on maize hybrids through leaflets: What works from a farmer’s perspective? por Kitoto, Victor O., Rutsaert, Pieter, Donovan, Jason A., Kariuki, Sarah K.

“…We highlight the role the public sector can play in helping farmers make better informed decisions on seed choice.…”
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Social equity, inclusiveness, gender, and climate change adaptation: Helping people and communities build climate resilience (A compilation of article abstract) por Soriaga, Rowena, Cabriole, Marie Aislinn, Marie, Aislinn, Oro-Monville, Emilita, Hellin, Jon

“…However, gender disparities in decision-making and climate investment remain significant barriers. …”
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