support services for raising agricultural productivity. This study introduces a new dimension to the puzzle of agricultural … productivity growth in SSA continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at rates that are roughly half of the … productivity growth in SSA: the role of the input mix and the need to increase capital and inputs per worker not only to boost …

livelihood. This report provides an overview of current knowledge of the impact of health issues on farm-level productivity and … flourish. Lack of diet diversity can lead to malnutrition. Certain animal diseases also can infect humans. Labor migration … (including agricultural labor migration) can contribute to high incidence of HIV infection. The effects of ill health on farm …

transition to nonagricultural labor markets depend on the distance to economic centers and the household education level. In … and promotes labor transition to nonagricultural sectors. Education and local road quality are complementary, mutually …"This paper uses household panel and village census data from Indonesia to examine the impact of spatial connectivity …

productivity impacts of cognitive skills without controlling for skill endogeneity." from authors' abstract …"Most investigations into the importance and determinants of adult cognitive skills assume that (1) they are produced … collected in Guatemala over 35 years to investigate production functions for adult cognitive skills—that is, reading …

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 …

Philippines, Indonesia, and Ghana-countries with very different social and cultural traditions. Based on household surveys at each … among its individual members. They look at how these differences in land holdings and education affect what sons and … of labor-intensive agricultural technologies, to extend and strengthen school systems in rural areas, to promote …