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The power mapping tool: A method for the empirical research of power relations
Schiffer, Eva - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
in a given governance field. The Power Mapping Tool was first used to analyze the governance effects of Community … wooden “power towers” to show their power in the governance field. The result is a three dimensional sketch that provides …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038078
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Does good governance contribute to pro-poor growth?: a review of the evidence from cross-country studies
Resnick, Danielle; Birner, Regina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Even though both “good governance” and “pro-poor growth” have become important concepts in development thinking and … practice, studies that assess to which extent and how good governance contributes to pro-poor growth are still relatively … different aspects of governance and pro-poor growth. Using this framework, the paper reviews a range of quantitative cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037936
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Filling the learning gap in program implementation using participatory monitoring and evaluation: Lessons from farmer field schools in Zanzibar
Zerfu, Elias; Kebede, Sindu W. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This study is motivated by the idea that even though participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) is widely accepted as a tool to manage development programs to be effective, its application is widely constrained by its high start-up resource requirements in terms of both finance and time....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010634906
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Collective action for innovation and small farmer market access: The Papa Andina experience
Devaux, André; Velasco, Claudio; López, Gastón; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"The Andean highlands are home to some of the poorest rural households in South America. Native potato varieties and local knowledge for their cultivation and use are unique resources possessed by farmers in these areas. As the forces of globalization and market integration penetrate the Andes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005028108
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Impacts of IFPRI's "priorities for pro-poor public investment" global research program:
Renkow, Mitch - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
This report assesses the impact of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) Global Research Program on Priorities for Public Investment in Agriculture and Rural Areas (“GRP-3â€). Initiated in 1998, the stated objectives of the research program were (1) to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132598
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Poverty, inequality, and welfare in a rapid-growth economy: The Chilean experience
Contreras, Dante - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996997
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Regional disparities in Ghana: Policy options and public investment implications
Al-Hassan, Ramatu M.; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
""This paper sets out to identify avenues for pro-poor growth in Ghana, focussing on agricultural opportunities, particularly in northern Ghana. Using an economywide, multimarket model and based on time series production data between 1991 and 2000 and Ghana Living Standards Survey data of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010762133
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2020 Focus briefs on the world's poor and hungry people:
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
/Arntraud Hartmann and Johannes F. Linn 34. Improving Governance to Eradicate Hunger and Poverty/Regina Birner 35.The Dynamics of Poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996516
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From "best practice" to "best fit": a framework for designing and analyzing pluralistic agricultural advisory services worldwide
Birner, Regina; Davis, Kristin; Pender, John; Nkonya, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"The paper develops a framework for the design and analysis of pluralistic agricultural advisory services and reviews research methods from different disciplines that can be used when applying the framework. Agricultural advisory services are defined in the paper as the entire set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996637
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Food and financial crises: Implications for agriculture and the poor
von Braun, Joachim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"High food prices from 2007 through mid-2008 had serious implications for food and nutrition security, macroeconomic stability, and political security. The unfolding global financial crisis and economic slowdown have now pushed food prices to lower levels. Yet the financial crunch has also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996766