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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
decentralized public-resource allocation in Ghana. The decentralization policy debate in Ghana, as elsewhere, typically focuses on … study of two districts in northern Ghana, we argue that informal institutions, grounded in the rationale of partisan … current efforts to reform decentralized public-resource allocation in Ghana. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862337
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Scaling up in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition: Addressing institutional challenges to large-scale implementation:
Kohl, Richard - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736383
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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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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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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai (contributor); Nelson, Gerald C. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo – and explores how climate change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145651
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Using elicitation mechanisms to estimate the demand for nutritious maize: Evidence from experiments in rural Ghana
Banerji, A.; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; de Groote, Hugo; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
in estimating WTP in a field experiment in Ghana. The mechanisms that we used for elicitation are the Becker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132749
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Measuring progress toward empowerment: Women's empowerment in agriculture index: Baseline report
Malapit, Hazel J.; Sproule, Kathryn; Kovarik, Chiara; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) baseline survey results, summarizing both findings from the WEAI survey and the relationships between the WEAI and various outcomes of interest to the US Government’s Feed the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132826
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Are wealth transfers biased against girls?
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Payongayong, Ellen M.; Otsuka, Keijiro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
generations in customary land areas of Ghana's Western Region. Although traditional matrilineal inheritance rules deny …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997121
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Are wealth transfers biased against girls?
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Payongayong, Ellen M.; Otsuka, Keijiro - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
generations in customary land areas of Ghana's Western Region. Although traditional matrilineal inheritance rules deny …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997261
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The role of agriculture in development: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa
Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, P.B.R.; Resnick, Danielle; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
"This report provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa's smallholder agriculture to stimulate growth and alleviate poverty in an increasingly integrated world. In particular, the paper synthesizes both the traditional theoretical literature on agriculture's role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037900