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The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision:
Raabe, Katharina; Sekher, Madhushree; Birner, Regina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
"In 1993, India introduced quota-based political reservations for women in rural areas with the objective to promote gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the needs of women. Recent evidence shows that reservation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967174
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Social services, human capital, and technical efficiency of smallholders in Burkina Faso:
Wouterse, Fleur - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
This study applies regression analysis as well as a non-parametric method to survey data from Burkina Faso to analyze the role of human capital in explaining technical efficiency in smallholder agricultural production. Exploiting the panel nature of the data and explicitly treating human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862355
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Opportunities and challenges for community involvement in public service provision in rural Guatemala:
Speer, Johanna; Vásquez, William F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The purpose of the research summarized in this paper is to provide policy-relevant knowledge on the governance of rural services in Guatemala and thus to contribute to improving the provision of services that are essential for agricultural and rural development. Based on quantitative and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132715
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Sarpanch raj: is the President all powerful?
Palaniswamy, Nethra - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
The policy of mandated representation (reservation) for disadvantaged social groups in Indian village councils or Gram Panchayats has been the subject of numerous studies. The implicit, and often unstated, assumption that underlies most of these studies is that the president of the council is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505339
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Do external grants to district governments discourage own-revenue generation?: A look at local public finance dynamics in Ghana
Mogues, Tewodaj; Benin, Samuel; Cudjoe, Godsway - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476184
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In pursuit of votes: The capture of the allocation of local public goods by the central state in Ghana
Horowitz, Leah; Palaniswamy, Nethra - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Decentralization reforms have been the overwhelming response to failures in the targeting of public resources by the … central state in developing countries. The policy debate on decentralization typically revolves around several a priori … decentralized public-resource allocation in Ghana. The decentralization policy debate in Ghana, as elsewhere, typically focuses on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862337
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2011 Global food policy report:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
The year 2011 highlighted ongoing challenges to global food security, from food price volatility, extreme weather shocks, and famine to unrest and conflicts. On the policy front, major devel­opments at the global and national levels both offered grounds for encouragement and pointed to areas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277434
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2011 Global food policy report:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2012
The year 2011 highlighted ongoing challenges to global food security, from food price volatility, extreme weather shocks, and famine to unrest and conflicts. On the policy front, major devel­opments at the global and national levels both offered grounds for encouragement and pointed to areas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611945
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2011 Politiques alimentaires mondiales rapport:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2012
Depuis 2007, deux séries successives d’envolée des prix des denrées alimentaires ont causé la faim ou la malnutrition pour des millions de personnes dans le monde. Les mêmes facteurs qui avaient contribué à la hausse des prix en 2007-2008 ont refait surface en 2011 et...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611946
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Gender, caste, and public goods provision in Indian village governments:
Gajwani, Kiran; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"This paper seeks to contribute to the literature on village governance and local public goods provision. Using data from 144 village-level governments in India's Tamil Nadu state, we examine whether the gender and caste of village government leaders influence village public goods provision. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038124