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the network structures for climate change policy, the actors in the networks with high centrality and influence scores …
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We investigate the role of an indigenous social network in Ethiopia, the iddir, in facilitating factor market …
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, policymakers and program leaders as well must consider overrepresentation of social network champions in multistakeholder …
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, intentional relationships are considered. The differential impacts by network type, technology, and asset poverty status are …
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The goal of this paper is to determine the nature of the causal relationship between "social capital," as measured by household membership in formal and informal groups and household welfare in South Africa. Using a recently collected panel data set in South Africa's largest province, we...
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"This study examines the role of groups and networks in helping poor Filipinos manage their exposure to risks and cope with shocks. It brings together two strands of literature that examine how social capital affects economic variables and investigate the processes by which social capital...
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the network and the sociodemographic characteristics that influence their adoption behavior. The information derived from …
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"This report presents the results of a study on local innovation in four peanut-producing regions in Bolivia. It aimed at identifying the type of organizations and mechanisms contributing the most to the adoption of innovations. The theoretical framework utilized suggests that farmers introduce...
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"Agriculture in Ethiopia is changing. New players, relationships, and policies are influencing how smallholders access and use information and knowledge. Although this growing complexity suggests opportunities for Ethiopian smallholders, too little is known about how these opportunities can be...
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, credit, burial, religious and civic groups), or “formal” social capital, and size of trust-based networks or “informal … the number of network members. Finally, it explores various reasons why people might join groups—whether groups increase … trust, or whether groups increase well-being, as proxied by per capita expenditure. We find that asset-rich, better …
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