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Agriculture and the economic transformation of Ethiopia:
Mellor, John W.; Dorosh, Paul A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Economic development transforms an economy from one that is largely agricultural to one that is largely manufacturing and services. Since agriculture currently dominates Ethiopia's economy and employment, however, there is an issue as to what its role should be in getting from here to there. In...
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Agricultural and economic development strategies and the transformation of China and India:
von Braun, Joachim; Gulati, Ashok; Fan, Shenggen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005
"The reform experiences of China and India—similar in some ways and different in others—shed light on the enormous potential for investments and policies in support of pro-poor agricultural and rural growth to fight poverty and malnutrition in developing countries." from Text
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The future of small farms for poverty reduction and growth:
Hazell, P.B.R.; Poulton, Colin; Wiggins, Steve; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"The people operating small farms in developing countries have to cope with the risks of these small businesses and have long faced heavy challenges. Today, these challenges are particularly severe, and the aspirations of young people on small farms have changed. Globalization and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038249
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Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications
Torero, Maximo (contributor); von Braun, Joachim (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The variety of views about ICTs reveals that their role in development is unclear, especially without convincing evidence of their impact-and little research has been conducted on the direct and indirect links between ICTs and poverty reduction. This book, addresses several pressing questions...
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The triangle of microfinance: Financial sustainability, outreach, and impact
Zeller, Manfred (contributor); Meyer, Richard L. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The initial success of microfinance programs in the 1970s led pioneers to think that many essential problems of the … be done. Most microfinance institutions (MFIs) are still small and vulnerable to constraints on their resources and to … some MFIs. The overall goal was to clarify the conditions under which state investment in microfinance programs might …
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Farmer groups enterprises and the marketing of staple food commodities in Africa:
Coulter, Jonathan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"There are some apparently successful cases of collective marketing with staple food commodities (grains and root crops), but these are less common than cases involving higher value agricultural products. These can be attributed to the benefit/cost ratio to participants being generally higher...
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Exploring the long-term impact of development interventions within life-history narratives in rural Bangladesh
Davis, Peter - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
interventions. It then goes on to discuss what was learned about the impact of microfinance, educational transfer, and agricultural … technology development programs from the life-history narratives. The life-history interviews show that microfinance services are … income-generating activity at some time. Microfinance contributed to at least one of the three or four most important causes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505335
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How important are peer effects in group lending?: Estimating a static game of incomplete information
Li, Shanjun; Liu, Yanyan; Deininger, Klaus - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476186
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Financial literacy
Cohen, Monique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
, the microfinance industry is giving more attention to building their customers’ financial capabilities, designing products …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523834
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Innovations in rural and agriculture finance: Overview
Kloeppinger-Todd, Renate; Sharma, Manohar - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Everywhere in the world, small agricultural producers are entrepreneurs, traders, investors, and consumers, all rolled into one. In all these roles, small agricultural households constantly seek to use available financial instruments to improve their productivity and secure the best possible...
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