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Review of agricultural extension in India: Are farmers' information needs being met?
Glendenning, Claire J.; Babu, Suresh; Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862353
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Spatial coordination in public good allocation: Nonparametric evidence from decentralized Indonesia
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Dewina, Reno - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
with transportation infrastructure (externalities) implies spatial divergence. Empirical evidence on education and heath …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038141
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Spatial networks, labor supply, and income dynamics: Evidence from Indonesian villages
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Muto, Megumi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
transition to nonagricultural labor markets depend on the distance to economic centers and the household education level. In … particular, postprimary education significantly increases the benefit from local spatial connectivity improvement in remote areas … and promotes labor transition to nonagricultural sectors. Education and local road quality are complementary, mutually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987173
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Human capital, household welfare, and children's schooling in Mozambique:
Handa, Sudhanshu; Simler, Kenneth R.; Harrower, Sarah - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037847
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What determines adult cognitive skills?: Impacts of preschooling, schooling, and post-schooling experiences in Guatemala
Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced primarily by schooling, and (2) schooling is statistically predetermined or exogenous. This study uses longitudinal data collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038027
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Human capital formation: History, expectations, and challenges in South Africa
Yamauchi, Futoshi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
investigates the causes of South Africa's persistent schooling imbalances, examining education laws and policies, as well as other … influences on human capital investment. The study finds that inaccessibility of quality education, resulting from a lack of … illness resulting from the HIV/AIDS epidemic can disrupt the education of adolescents, who might need to leave school to care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862824
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Natural disasters, self-Insurance, and human capital investment: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Yohannes, Yisehac; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of disasters on dynamic human capital production. Our empirical results show that accumulation of biological human capital prior to a disaster helps children maintain investments during the post-disaster...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967162
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Public-private partnerships in agricultural research: an analysis of challenges facing industry and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Spielman, David J.; von Grebmer, Klaus - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
"Public-private partnerships offer potentially important opportunities for pro-poor agricultural research in developing countries. Yet in the international agricultural research community-and with regard to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) itself-we see few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996654
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Public–private partnerships in international agricultural research:
Spielman, David J.; Hartwich, Frank; von Grebmer, Klaus - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"Public-private partnerships (PPPs) in agricultural research and development are increasingly viewed as an effective means of conducting advanced research, developing new technologies, and deploying new products for the benefit of small-scale, resource-poor farmers and other marginalized groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996782
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Health care for the world's poorest: Is voluntary (private) health insurance an option?
van der Gaag, Jacques - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996984