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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
"The objective of this study is to attempt to characterize the influence and impact of IFPRI in relation to the Mexican PROGRESA/Oportunidades anti-poverty and human resource program with its conditional cash transfers (CCT)—conditional on specific investments in education, health, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996477
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Impacts of IFPRI's "priorities for pro-poor public investment" global research program:
Renkow, Mitch - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
This report assesses the impact of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) Global Research Program on Priorities for Public Investment in Agriculture and Rural Areas (“GRP-3â€). Initiated in 1998, the stated objectives of the research program were (1) to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132598
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The medium-term impact of the primary education stipend in rural Bangladesh
Baulch, Bob - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
enrollments, household expenditures, calorie consumption, and protein consumption. At the individual level, the PES has a negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505328
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Biometric technology in rural credit markets
Giné, Xavier - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Identity theft is a common crime the world over. In developing countries, the damage caused by identity theft and identity fraud goes far beyond the individual victim, however, and ultimately creates a direct impediment to progress, particularly in credit markets. Recent research reveals that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008523833
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Integrating survey and ethnographic methods to evaluate conditional cash transfer programs:
Adato, Michelle - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"Survey and ethnographic methods have been combined in the evaluations of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs for the governments of Nicaragua and Turkey. This paper describes the quantitative and qualitative research designs for these evaluations, discusses the relative benefits of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037988
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Emergence of Sri Lanka in European fish trade
Muhammad, Andrew; Ngeleza, Guyslain - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
fish exports from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda (Lake Victoria region). Although the results show no significant price …This paper examines European Union (E.U.) demand for chilled fish fillets assuming product heterogeneity due to country … the tsunami in December 2004. The primary objective of this research is to assess how Sri Lanka’s fish exports affected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008505336
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Nutrition mapping in Tanzania: an exploratory analysis
Simler, Kenneth R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
's nutritional status as measured by anthropometry. This research in Tanzania is the first attempt to map nutrition in an African … spatial distribution of undernutrition in Tanzania?...The answer to the question of whether nutrition mapping is feasible is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997106
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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/10004997141
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Nutrition mapping in Tanzania: an exploratory analysis
Simler, Kenneth R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
Tanzania to explore the possibility of applying small-area estimation methods to the study of children's nutritional status as … districts and subdistricts. In the case of Tanzania, the nutrition mapping approach reveals considerable heterogeneity in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997238
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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