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Understanding the policy landscape for climate change adaptation: A cross-country comparison using the Net-map method:

Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Birner, Regina; Haglund, Eric; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

In the context of increasing vulnerability to climate change for people dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, the International Food Policy Research Institute and partner organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, and Bangladesh undertook a project broadly aiming to create knowledge...

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Social networks and factor markets: Panel data evidence from Ethiopia:

Abay, Kibrom A.; Kahsay, Goytom A.; Berhane, Guush - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

We investigate the role of an indigenous social network in Ethiopia, the iddir, in facilitating factor market transactions among smallholder farmers. Using detailed longitudinal household survey data and employing a difference-in-differences approach, we find that iddir membership improves...

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Who has influence in multistakeholder governance systems?

Schiffer, Eva; Hartwich, Frank; Monge, Mario - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

As multistakeholder governance has emerged as an important feature in development, new governance structures that foster the participation of multiple stakeholders from the public sector, civil society, and the private sector have emerged in various fields, ranging from the management of natural...

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Poverty status and the impact of social networks on smallholder technology adoption in rural Ethiopia

Liverpool, Lenis Saweda O.; Winter-Nelson, Alex - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

the impact of social networks on technology adoption through social learning. In addition to geographic networks … explored. We find evidence that although social learning occurs, it is more consistent for households not in poverty traps than … for those that are persistently asset poor. Social learning among rural households is stronger for more complex …

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Social capital and income generation in South Africa, 1993-98

Maluccio, John A.; Haddad, Lawrence James; May, Julian - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

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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Shocks, groups, and networks in Bukidnon, Philippines:

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; McNiven, Scott; Godquin, Marie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"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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How change agents and social capital influence the adoption of innovations among small farmers: Evidence from social networks in rural Bolivia

Monge, Mario; Hartwich, Frank; Halgin, Daniel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"This paper presents results from a study that identified patterns of social interaction among small farmers in three agricultural subsectors in Bolivia—fish culture, peanut production, and quinoa production—and analyzed how social interaction influences farmers' behavior toward the adoption...

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Innovación en el cultivo del maní en Bolivia: Efectos de la interacción social y de las capacidades de absorción de los pequeños productores

Hartwich, Frank; Arispe, Tito; Monge, Mario - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

interactions among innovation providers and farmers, in a way that collective absorptive capabilities and a common learning on …

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Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders

Spielman, David J.; Davis, Kristin E.; Negash, Martha; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"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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Groups, networks, and social capital in the Philippine communities:

Godquin, Marie; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This paper explores the determinants of group membership and social networks of rural households using a unique longitudinal data set from the rural Philippines. We investigate two types of social capital: membership in groups (production, credit, burial, religious and civic groups), or...

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