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Collective action in plant genetic resources management: gendered rules of reputation, trust and reciprocity in Kerala, India
Padmanabhan, Martina Aruna - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
the room to maneuver. Do the core elements constituting collective action, namely reputation, trust and reciprocity imply … of gender concerning the core elements trust, reciprocity and reputation of collective action." Author's Abstract …
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The comprehensive Africa agriculture program as a collective institution:
Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Birner, Regina; Flaherty, Kathleen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
A number of factors favor a collective strategy for African countries to build their reputation regarding improved … to build collective rather than individual reputation involves the classical free-rider problem of collective action … since it undermines the collective reputation. Since CAADP involves a collective commitment by the donor community as well …
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Traceability in a supply chain with repeated moral hazard:
Saak, Alexander E. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Recent food safety events have raised concerns about food traceability in both developed and developing countries. In this paper we study the decision to adopt a traceability system in a supply chain with repeated upstream and downstream moral hazard and imperfect consumer monitoring. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132663
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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
People have always faced shocks and have devised a variety of institutional responses to cope with, recover from, and prevent future impacts. Central to these shocks and this coping capacity, but often underexplored, is the role of social capital. Social capital includes “features of...
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
Increasingly, resilience is being incorporated into planning and social protection policy. People have been facing shocks, both natural and anthropogenic, forever, devising and innovating a variety of institutional responses to cope with, recover from, and prevent future impacts. Central to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277436
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Methods for studying collective action in rural development:
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Di Gregorio, Monica; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2004
With renewed recognition of the importance of collective action in many aspects of agriculture, natural resource management, and rural development programs in developing countries, there is a need for research on the factors that affect its emergence, as well as its performance. Yet because of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113253
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Social innovation and entrepreneurship: Developing capacity to reduce poverty and hunger
Babu, Suresh; Pinstrup-Andersen, Per - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996913
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Understanding, measuring and utilizing social capital: clarifying concepts and presenting a field application from India
Krishna, Anirudh - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
Social capital is a resource, a propensity for mutually beneficial collective action that communities possess to different extents. Communities with high levels of social capital are able to act together collectively for achieving diverse common objectives. While the concept of social capital is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101409
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Gender, social capital and information exchange in rural Uganda:
Katungi, Enid; Edmeades, Svetlana; Smale, Melinda - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Changing agricultural research and extension systems mean that informal mechanisms of information diffusion are often the primary source of information about improved seed and practices for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper investigates the interactions between gender, social capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105967
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Gender differences in mobilization for collective action: case studies of villages in Northern Nigeria
Abdulwahid, Saratu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"Men and women participate in collective action for different purposes in northern Nigeria. Field work conducted in six villages show that while men engage in community activities such as road repairs, maintenance of schools and hospitals, refuse collection and maintenance of the traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105970