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Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty: Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries

Adato, Michelle (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...

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Out of the shadow of famine: evolving food markets and food policy in Bangladesh

Ahmed, Raisuddin (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This book describes how Bangladesh transformed its food markets and food policies to free the country from the constant … and led to policy changes. The case of Bangladesh also has more general relevance as a study of the outcomes of a market …

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Food policy and market reform in Viet Nam and Bangladesh: essay in Annual Report

Ahmed, Raisuddin; Goletti, Francesco - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998

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Factors affecting repayment rates in group-based lending

Sharma, Manohar; Zeller, Manfred - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000

financial transactions. The authors cite successful endeavors including Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, SANSA in Sri Lanka and … Credit Solidaire in Burkina Faso and, in Thailand, the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, and examine the …

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Rapid assessments in urban areas

Garrett, James L.; Downen, Jeanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

CARE's experiences in Bangladesh and Tanzania suggest a number of ways that rapid assessment procedures can be strengthened …

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Mother-father resource control, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh

Hallman, Kelly - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000

The approach of this study is to examine the effects of household asset ownership patterns on the morbidity status of male and female preschoolers, measured as the number of illness days in the two weeks preceding the household survey.Section 2 of this study outlines the theoretical model....

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Rapid assessments in urban areas

Garrett, James L.; Downen, Jeanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001

CARE's experiences in Bangladesh and Tanzania suggest a number of ways that rapid assessment procedures can be strengthened …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997301

Mother-father resource control, marriage payments, and girl-boy health in rural Bangladesh

Hallman, Kelly - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997302

Agriculture, trade and regionalism in South Asia:

DeRosa, Dean A.; Govindan, Kumaresan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995

) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have taken steps toward forming a regional free trade area …

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Repayment performance in group-based credit programs in Bangladesh

Sharma, Manohar; Zeller, Manfred - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996

This paper analyzes the repayment rates of credit groups belonging to three group-based credit programs in Bangladesh …: the Association for Social Advancement (ASA), the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), and the Rangpur Dinajpur …

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