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Managing risk with insurance and savings: Experimental evidence for male and female farm managers in West Africa:
Delavallade, Clara; Dizon, Felipe; Hill, Ruth Vargas; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272207
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272210
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Demand for complementary financial and technological tools for managing drought risk:
Ward, Patrick S.; Spielman, David J.; Ortega, David L.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Weather-related production risks remain one of the most serious constraints to agricultural production in much of the developing world. Financial and technological innovations that mitigate these risks have the potential to greatly benefit farmers in areas prone to such risks. In this study we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272213
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Financial constraints and international trade with endogenous mode of competition:
Bouët, Antoine; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
resort to external funders to finance fixed export costs and investments in production capacities. We assume that sectors … allows firms to finance fixed export costs at a lower interest rate. On the other hand, financial health reduces the cost of … of trade. By increasing the cost of external finance, a financial shock increases the financial cost of exporting and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272219
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Paying for agricultural productivity
Alston, Julian M. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Agricultural research and development has stimulated enormous increases in agricultural productivity in the twentieth century. Now, in response to common pressures, countries the world over are changing how they manage and pay for agricultural R&D. Paying for Agricultural Productivity reviews...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752678
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Cluster-based industrialization in China: Financing and performance
Long, Cheryl; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476187
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Finance and cluster-based industrial development in China:
Ruan, Jianqing; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"The traditional literature emphasizes the causal role of finance in promoting industrial growth. China's rapid … the conventional wisdom. By studying a cashmere sweater cluster in China, this paper argues that rural industrial … explain China's rapid industrialization in the absence of an efficient financial market." from Author's Abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038113
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The role of clustering in rural industrialization: A Case Study of the Footwear Industry in Wenzhou
Huang, Zuhui; Zhang, Xiaobo; Zhu, Yunwei - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"Wenzhou used to be one of the poorest regions in eastern China. With limited arable land, poor road access to major … economic growth. However, over the past several decades Wenzhou has developed the most dynamic private sector in China, and has … market share to the largest in China. Here, we report a survey of 140 Wenzhou-based footwear enterprises of various scales …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038150
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Innovations in irrigation financing
Raju, K. V.; Gulati, Ashok; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
"Financing for water projects, especially for irrigation, has been moving towards collapse in recent years due to declining donor and government funding. Some Indian states have undertaken innovative institutional reforms by setting up financially autonomous corporations to mobilise required...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038178
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Clustering as an organizational response to capital market inefficiency: Evidence from handloom enterprises in Ethiopia
Ali, Merima; Peerlings, Jack; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Using data from microenterprises of the handloom sector in four regions of Ethiopia, the paper shows that clustering, through specialization and division of labor, can lower entry barriers by reducing the initial capital required to start a business. This effect is found to be significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862357