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The impact of shocks on gender-differentiated asset dynamics in Bangladesh:

Rakib, Muntaha; Matz, Julia Anna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

jointly by both of them in response to shocks in rural agricultural households in Bangladesh with the help of detailed …

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Resilience Programming among Nongovernmental Organizations: Lessons for Policymakers

Frankenberger, Timothy R.; Constas, Mark A.; Nelson, Suzanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.

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When expectations become aspirations: Reference-dependent preferences and liquidity constraints:

Kramer, Berber - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

A large body of literature suggests that consumers derive utility from gains and losses relative to a reference point. This paper shows that such reference dependence can affect savings in opposite directions depending on whether people face liquidity constraints. Existing models for wealth and...

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Gender, assets, and agricultural development: Lessons from eight projects:

Johnson, Nancy L.; Kovarik, Chiara; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

Ownership of assets is important for poverty alleviation, and womenâ€™s control of assets is associated with positive development outcomes at the household and individual levels. This research was undertaken to provide guidance for agricultural development programs on how to incorporate...

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Understanding menâ€™s and womenâ€™s access to and control of assets and the implications for agricultural development projects: A case study in rice-farming households in eastern U...

Paris, Thelma; Pede, Valerien; Luis, Joyce; Sharma, Raman; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

assets of rice-farming households as well as the effects of technologies promoted by an Agricultural Research for Development …

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Gender, shocks, and resilience:

Kumar, Neha; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

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How does food price increase affect Ugandan households?: An augmented multimarket approach

Ulimwengu, John M.; Ramadan, Racha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

effects, our results suggest that the impact of rising food prices may be mitigated because some households will attempt to …. The results suggest that the majority of households with expected positive income impact, the gainers, live in rural areas …. These households also tend to have better access to agricultural services than the nongainers." from authors' abstract …

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Gender differences in access to extension services and agricultural productivity:

Ragasa, Catherine; Berhane, Guush; Tadesse, Fanaye; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

,500 households and 32,000 plots in four major regions in Ethiopia that was collected during the 2010 main season. Results suggest … that female heads of households and plot managers are less likely to get extension services and less likely to access …

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Quantitative analysis of rural poverty in Nigeria:

Omonona, Bolarin T. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Poverty in Nigeria is pervasive although the country is rich in human and material resources that should translate into better living standards. According to the most recent survey (2004 National Living Standards Survey) presented by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS 2007, about 69 million...

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Agricultural mechanization patterns in Nigeria: Insights from farm household typology and agricultural household model simulation:

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

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