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Review of agricultural extension in India: Are farmers' information needs being met?
Glendenning, Claire J.; Babu, Suresh; Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862353
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The political economy of Zambia’s recovery: Structural change without transformation?:
Resnick, Danielle; Thurlow, James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Using the case of Zambia, this paper examines whether structural change translates into reduced poverty and improved social welfare through an empirical and systematic analysis of the country’s growth trajectory during 1991–2010. We find that growth after 2002 was accompanied by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132683
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Social protection and cash transfers to strengthen familes affected by HIV and AIDS:
Adato, Michelle; Bassett, Lucy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
vulnerable to poverty, food insecurity, and threats to their children’s nutrition, health, and education, with irreversible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277432
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Land and schooling: Transferring wealth across generations
Quisumbing, Agnes R. (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
among its individual members. They look at how these differences in land holdings and education affect what sons and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752677
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Public expenditures, growth, and poverty: Lessons from developing countries
Fan, Shenggen (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752685
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Financial literacy
Cohen, Monique - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
The global financial crisis has intensified the problems of over-indebtedness, especially for the poor. In this context, the microfinance industry is giving more attention to building their customers’ financial capabilities, designing products that respond to their needs and preferences, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523834
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Spatial networks, labor supply, and income dynamics: Evidence from Indonesian villages
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Muto, Megumi; Chowdhury, Shyamal; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
transition to nonagricultural labor markets depend on the distance to economic centers and the household education level. In … particular, postprimary education significantly increases the benefit from local spatial connectivity improvement in remote areas … and promotes labor transition to nonagricultural sectors. Education and local road quality are complementary, mutually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987173
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Policy-Oriented Research Impact Assessment (PORIA) case study on the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA anti-poverty and human resource i...
Behrman, Jere R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2007
specific investments in education, health, and nutrition. The paper first describes PROGRESA/Oportunidades and estimates of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996477
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Empowering women to achieve food security:
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
, Hilary Sims Feldstein, and Guadalupe Duron Brief 6. Education / Elizabeth M. King and Harold Alderman Brief 7. Labor Markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996500
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Educating agricultural researchers: a review of the role of African universities
Beintema, Nienke M.; Pardey, Philip G.; Roseboom, Johannes - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998
The number of higher-education institutions and the students enrolled in them has grown rapidly throughout Africa since … developed and other-developing country norms. Funding for higher-education in Africa kept pace with the expanding institutional … development of the agricultural sciences has matched the general pattern of development of the higher-education sector. Three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996669