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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition: Building on successes with regreening in the West African Sahel:
Reij, Chris - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736371
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Land rights knowledge and conservation in rural Ethiopia: Mind the gender gap:
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Kumar, Neha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Using the 2009 round of the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey, this paper examines the medium-term impact of the land registration on investment behavior by households, particularly the adoption of soil conservation techniques and tree planting. It investigates whether men’s and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132637
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Targeting technology to reduce poverty and conserve resources: Experimental delivery of laser land leveling to farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India:
Lybbert, Travis J.; Magnan, Nicholas; Spielman, David J.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Demand heterogeneity often makes it profitable for firms to price and promote goods and services differently in different market segments. When private consumption brings public benefits, this same heterogeneity can be used to target public subsidies. We explore the design of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132667
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The US Agricultural Act of 2014: Overview and analysis:
Zulauf, Carl; Orden, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This paper summarizes the evolutionary trends in US farm policy that have culminated in the 2014 farm bill, describes the new farm bill programs in depth, and highlights the key policy issues that arise and will play out over its planned five-year duration. This new US farm bill eliminates fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114778
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Local sources of resilience: Working with social capital:
Bernier, Quinn; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
capital. Social capital includes “features of social organization, such as networks, norms, and social trust, that … are localâ€level organizations and less formal social networks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277415
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Resilience and social capital:
Bernier, Quinn; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
role of social capital. This paper, using the case studies of iddirs (funeral societies) in Ethiopia and migrant networks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277436
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Regional policy networks: IFPRI's experience with decentralization
Paarlberg, Robert - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"IFPRI, traditionally a centralized development organization, is now embracing networks as one institutional strategy … to achieve “regional decentralization.” Since 1999 IFPRI has developed and operated two formal regional networks, in East … Africa and South Asia, and additional regional networks have been envisioned for Southern Africa and Central America. IFPRI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996498
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Nonmarket networks among migrants
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Tanabe, Sakiko - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
"This paper examines nonmarket interactions among migrants from same origins in the urban labor market of Bangkok, Thailand. We test whether the labor-market performance of previous migrants has externalities to that of new migrants who moved from the same province of origin. Our empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997216
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Collective action and vulnerability: Burial societies in rural Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Hoddinott, John; Krishnan, Pramila; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
household living standards, study the correlates of participation in groups and formal and informal networks, and discuss the … relationship of networks with access to other forms of capital. In this context, they assess how one form of collective action … shocks, but shows that the better-off households belong to more groups and have larger networks. In addition, where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105953
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Nonmarket networks among migrants
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Tanabe, Sakiko - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
"This paper examines nonmarket interactions among migrants from same origins in the urban labor market of Bangkok, Thailand. We test whether the labor-market performance of previous migrants has externalities to that of new migrants who moved from the same province of origin. Our empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037810