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Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in a Social Network
Banerjee, Abhijit; Chandrasekhar, Arun G; Duflo, Esther; … - eSocialSciences - 2014
centrality is defined by diffusion centrality (Banerjee, Chandrasekhar, Duflo, and Jackson, 2013), which characterizes a nodeâ …€™s influence in spreading information. It first show that diffusion centrality nests standard centrality measures – degree … diffusion centrality. …
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Does the System of Rice Intensification Outperform Conventional System? A Case Study of Gujarat
Pathak, Jharna - eSocialSciences - 2011
The paper examines the farm level performance of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method of paddy cultivation as against the traditional method. The role of NGOs in raising awareness among farmers about the SRI technique as also of agricultural extension services in general. [Working Paper...
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Regional Heterogeneity and Fertility Behaviour in India
Rajan, S. Irudaya; Guilmoto, Christophe Z. - eSocialSciences - 2010
that diffusion mechanisms may play an independent role in the spread of new reproductive behaviour (small family norm …). Though diffusion per se, no real explanation for the fast decline of fertility in Southern or Coastal India (what would then … be the cause of diffusion in the first place?), it would definitely be important to understand how these mechanisms are …
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The Role of Information in Technology Adoption under Poverty
Zhao, Jinhua - eSocialSciences - 2010
An important channel through which globalization affects poverty is introducing new technologies to developing countries. Adoption of new technologies can be hindered by uncertainties about their efficiency. This paper studies the role of information exchange between adopters and others about a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752773
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Selling Formal Insurance to the Informally Insured
Mobarak, A. Mushfiq; Rosenzweig, Mark - eSocialSciences - 2012
Unpredictable rainfall is an important risk for agricultural activity, and farmers in developing countries often receive incomplete insurance from informal risk-sharing networks. The demand for, and effects of, offering formal index-based rainfall insurance is studied through a randomized...
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Andhra Pradesh Budget Speech 2009-10
Pradesh, Government Andhra - eSocialSciences - 2009
Speech of Sri K. Rosaiah
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Sri Lanka Budget 2009
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance and Planning Sri Lanka - 2009
2009 Budget speech
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Some Key Issues in Policy, Pricing, Regulation, and Financing of Irrigation Development in India Today
Morris, Sebastian - eSocialSciences - 2006
This paper discusses the stylised problems relating to water and irrigation in India and argues tht most of the …
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NAC Concept Paper-A Note On Agriculture And Irrigation
Rao, C.H. Hanumantha - eSocialSciences - 2005
in Agriculture and Irrigation: (1) Augmentation of water resources for irrigation; (2) Conservation of irrigation water …
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Rural Non-Farm Employment in India: Access, Income, Farm, Poverty Impact
Lanjouw, Peter; Shariff, Abusaleh; Rahut, Dil Bahadur - eSocialSciences - 2007
Attention has been paid to the significance of the non-farm sector in the rural Indian economy since the early 1970s. The importance of earnings from secondary non-farm occupations is not well documented. In this paper an attempt is made to assess the contribution of the nonfarm sector across...
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