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Food policy and market reform in Viet Nam and Bangladesh: essay in Annual Report
Ahmed, Raisuddin; Goletti, Francesco - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996830
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Land tenure and natural resource management
Otsuka, Keijiro; Place, Frank - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
The devastating environmental effects of deforestation and the exploitation of other natural resources in the developing world have been well documented, yet their impact on local communities has received far less attention. This report looks at how land degradation and deforestation are being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996867
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Rice market liberalization and poverty in Viet Nam:
Minot, Nicholas; Goletti, Francesco - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
Market liberalization, though an important element in economic reforms in developing countries in the past two decades, has been accused of harming the poor through higher food prices, layoffs in formerly state-owned enterprises, and the erosion of social safety net programs. Since the 1980s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037883
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Economic growth and poverty reduction in Indochina: lessons from East Asia
Bautista, Romeo M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999
Differences and similarities in the development paths taken by six East Asian economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, and Taiwan) provide a fertile ground for policy analysis from which important lessons are drawn and major challenges identified for the Indochinese...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008863978
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The triangle of microfinance: Financial sustainability, outreach, and impact
Zeller, Manfred (contributor); Meyer, Richard L. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The initial success of microfinance programs in the 1970s led pioneers to think that many essential problems of the … be done. Most microfinance institutions (MFIs) are still small and vulnerable to constraints on their resources and to … some MFIs. The overall goal was to clarify the conditions under which state investment in microfinance programs might …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850584
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Assessing the long-term impact of microcredit on rural poverty: Does the timing and length of participation matter?
Berhane, Guush; Gardebroek, Cornelius - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
In recent years, microfinance institutions are seen as beacons of hope to help eradicate poverty through, among others … poverty. However, decades after the introduction of microfinance institutions into many rural areas, there are still questions … as to what extent such long-term benefits are realized. This is because evaluating the long-term impact of microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762096
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Mapping the policy process in Nigeria: Examining linkages between research and policy
Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Schiffer, Eva; Johnson, Michael; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
How research can feed into the policy process in developing countries in general, and in Nigeria more specifically, is not very well understood. Yet, this understanding is a critical part of doing effective policy research. This has become especially critical for the International Food Policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762151
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Farmer groups enterprises and the marketing of staple food commodities in Africa:
Coulter, Jonathan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"There are some apparently successful cases of collective marketing with staple food commodities (grains and root crops), but these are less common than cases involving higher value agricultural products. These can be attributed to the benefit/cost ratio to participants being generally higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113241
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Exploring the long-term impact of development interventions within life-history narratives in rural Bangladesh
Davis, Peter - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
interventions. It then goes on to discuss what was learned about the impact of microfinance, educational transfer, and agricultural … technology development programs from the life-history narratives. The life-history interviews show that microfinance services are … income-generating activity at some time. Microfinance contributed to at least one of the three or four most important causes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505335
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How important are peer effects in group lending?: Estimating a static game of incomplete information
Li, Shanjun; Liu, Yanyan; Deininger, Klaus - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476186