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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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Determinants of cereal diversity in communities and on household farms of the Northern Ethiopian Highlands:

Benin, Samuel; Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Smale, Melinda; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

grown in communities and on individual farms in the northern Ethiopian highlands....If agrobiodiversity conservation is to … be seriously considered as a policy option in these communities, applied economics researchers will need to 1) establish … social elements that cause communities to behave differently in terms of conservation than the individual household farms of …

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Understanding policy volatility in Sudan:

Harizi, Khalid El; Zaki, El Sayed; Prato, Bettina; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

,” as well as large development projects supporting the decentralization or devolution of NR management to local communities …

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Communitiesâ€™ perceptions and knowledge of ecosystem services: Evidence from rural communities in Nigeria:

Zhang, Wei; Kato, Edward; Bhandary, Prapti; Nkonya, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

This research has been undertaken to improve our understanding of stakeholdersâ€™ knowledge and perception about ecosystem services (ES), which provides a valuable means of gaining insight into the opportunities and constraints that face ES management in a multiuser landscape. Land use...

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Natural resource conflicts and community organizations in Bangladesh:

Sultana, Parvin; Thompson, Paul M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

This analysis assesses community based organization (CBO) performance including conflict management over three years among about 150 floodplain CBOs and reviews experience in the five forest protected areas with co-management.

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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

Despite the promise of many new farm technologies, technology adoption rates in Ethiopia remain low. This paper studies the impact of social networks on technology adoption through social learning. In addition to geographic networks, intentional relationships are considered. The differential...

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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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Empowerment through technology: Gender dimensions of social capital build-up in Maharashtra, India

Padmaja, Ravula; Bantilan, Cynthia - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007

"This paper explores how and to what extent women and men have benefited from the build-up of social capital in technology uptake, and the role of women in this process. Using a case study on Groundnut Production Technology (GPT) in Maharashtra, India, a systematic documentation of the process...

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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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