Showing 1 - 10 of 36
) initiative at IFPRI is the most comprehensive source of agricultural research statistics for low- and middle-income countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010638932
The objective of this study is to attempt to characterize the apparent influence and impact of IFPRI in relation to … programs in which IFPRI was involved in the evaluations and programs in which IFPRI was not involved in the evaluations. This … effort is a broader effort related to a previous study on the IFPRI influence on one particular influential CCT program, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010638933
This study examines the contributions of IFPRI over the last 10 years to policy development, training, and capacity … the last 60 years.The paper is divided into five sections. The first describes the range of activities with which IFPRI … was involved: the extensive IFPRI/Cornell food security and nutrition monitoring phase, primarily with the Ministry of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996472
This paper suggests practical methods for assessing policy research programs, both ex post and ex ante. Measuring the benefits of policy research is difficult: the path of causation between research and policy change is nearly always uncertain; multiple factors influence any particular policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996473
The marketing and policy research on rice of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is described, and … IFPRI's publication and communications in informing the policy environment are discussed. The author describes the … perceptions of partners and stakeholders of the influence of the outcomes of the IFPRI project. They show that the research was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996474
The Bangladesh Food Policy Project (BFPP), implemented during 1988-94 by IFPRI in collaboration with the Bangladesh … food sector. This paper is an attempt to assess the impact of IFPRI's research in Bangladesh through the BFPP. It … developing countries. Among the more than 70 research outputs from IFPRI, two policy contributions stand out: the abolition of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996475
Policy research is valuable as a source of information for decisionmakers. The value of research is the expected social gain from policy decisions influenced by the information generated. The gain from a decision depends on choosing the best policy given the state of the world, which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996476
"The objective of this study is to attempt to characterize the influence and impact of IFPRI in relation to the Mexican … the influence and impact of IFPRI on PROGRESA/Oportunidades including interviews with 39 key informants as well as various … documents. With this foundation it next explores the apparent influence and impact of IFPRI on PROGRESA/Oportunidades by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996477
research in general and at IFPRI in particular. That concern has been addressed in past meetings and the time seemed right for … a further stocktaking. The focus of this 2004 meeting was on impact assessment experience at IFPRI. IFPRI has, since the … ex post studies (which have been the bulk of IFPRI's experience to date) and ex ante assessment efforts that represent an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996478
"The published works of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) represent the most immediate and … study provides a quantitative assessment of the number, nature, form, and use of IFPRI's published products since 1979 and … for Development Studies (BIDS), and the now defunct Stanford University Food Research Institute (SFRI). Overall, IFPRI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996479