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This paper provides empirical evidence of nonlinearity in the relationship between crop specialization in a village economy and the extent of the market (size of the urban market) relevant for the village. The results suggest that the portfolio of crops in a village economy becomes more...
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This paper concerns an NGO intervention in agricultural commodity markets known as Fairtrade. Fairtrade pays producers a minimum unit price and provides capacity building support to member cooperative organizations. Fairtrade's organizational capacity support targets those factors believed to...
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The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of public policies. Many of the policy developments in this sector since the 1950s have been sudden and transformational, while others have been gradual but persistent. This paper reviews and synthesizes...
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survey data in Bangladesh shows that per capita consumption was higher in remittance-receiving households than in others …
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There has been a proliferation of non-state providers of education services in the developing world. In Bangladesh, for … instance, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee runs more than 40,000 non-formal schools that cater to school-drop outs from … (Islamic faith schools). Most madrasa high schools in Bangladesh are financed by the sate and include a modern curriculum …
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Using individual level employment data from Bangladesh, this paper presents empirical evidence on the relative … Bangladesh. …
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Using household level data from Bangladesh, this paper examines the differences in the rates of return to household …, causing returns differences between the regions to persist. To reduce regional inequality in welfare in Bangladesh, the …
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Using a recent household survey for two cohorts of married women, this paper examines norms about gender equality in education for children and adults. Among the main findings are that gender education gap norms have changed: younger generations of women are more positive about female vs. male...
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. Results from controlled experiments in Bangladesh are analyzed to test whether changes in these determinants can have …
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impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce …
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