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Data needs for gender analysis in agriculture:
Doss, Cheryl - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
To support gender analysis in agriculture, household surveys should be better designed to capture gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635684
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Increasing returns and market efficiency in agricultural trade
Fafchamps, Marcel; Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Z.; Minten, Bart - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
"Using detailed trader surveys in Benin, Madagascar, and Malawi, this paper investigates the presence of increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996526
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Successes in African agriculture
Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Z.; Haggblade, Steven - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003
Using primary data from a survey of expert opinion, this paper identifies key successes emerging in African agriculture. Among these, major commodity-specific successes identified include breakthroughs in maize breeding across Africa, sustained gains in cassava breeding and successful combat of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038174
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An evaluation of poverty prevalence in China: New evidence from four recent surveys:
Zhang, Chunni; Xu, Qi; Zhang, Xiaobo; Xie, Yu - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
representative surveys: the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) of 2010, the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) of 2010, the Chinese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700935
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Treating the field as a lab: A basic guide to conducting economics
Viceisza, Angelino C.G. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Treating the Field as a Lab: A Basic Guide to Conducting Economics Experiments for Policymaking offers economists …, researchers, and policymakers 19 basic principles for conducting experiments in developing-country contexts. In this Food Security … in Practice technical guide, Angelino Viceisza focuses on the class of economics experiments known as lablike field …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850553
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An experimental inquiry into the effect of yardstick competition on corruption:
Viceisza, Angelino - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
"This study reports theory-testing laboratory experiments on the effect of yardstick competition on corruption. The … setting are tied together through the nexus of yardstick competition, suggesting that our laboratory experiments have some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037981
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The logic of adaptive sequential experimentation in policy design:
Xing, Haipeng; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
In this paper, we argue that economists can learn a great deal from the design principles implemented in medical research. We develop a theoretical model to show the logic of adaptive sequential experiment design in the presence of uncertainty over negative effects and discuss how to choose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685633
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Treating the field as a lab: A basic guide to conducting economics
Viceisza, Angelino C.G. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Treating the Field as a Lab: A Basic Guide to Conducting Economics Experiments for Policymaking offers economists …, researchers, and policymakers 19 basic principles for conducting experiments in developing-country contexts. In this Food Security … in Practice technical guide, Angelino Viceisza focuses on the class of economics experiments known as lablike field …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010579132
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Women’s Property, Mobility, and Decisionmaking: Evidence from Rural Karnataka, India:
Swaminathan, Hema; Lahoti, Rahul; Suchita, J. Y. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132719
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Adoption of weather index insurance: Learning from willingness to pay among a panel of households in rural Ethiopia
Hill, Ruth Vargas; Hoddinott, John; Kumar, Neha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
educated, rich, and proactive individuals were more likely to purchase insurance. Risk aversion was associated with low … risk reduced demand for insurance, particularly when the price of the contract was high, and that provision of insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850561