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Long-run rural livelihood diversification in Kagera, Tanzania
Dimova, Ralitza; Halvorsen, Sandra Kristine; … - 2021
diversification for a panel of households in Tanzania from the 1990s-the Kagera Health and Development Survey-with a focus on whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423035
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Land tenure security and internal migration in Tanzania
Mekasha, Tseday Jemaneh; Ngasamiaku, Wilhelm; … - 2018
lower probability of migration in rural Tanzania. This result is consistent with the idea that better property rights over … agricultural land in rural Tanzania, by easing the fear of expropriation of land holdings, can induce households to retain more of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944953
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Agribusinesses, smallholder tenure security, and plot-level investments : evidence from rural Tanzania
Sipangule, Kacana - 2017
The last decade has witnessed an increase in the interest in agricultural land in developing countries. While a great deal of attention has been paid to understanding the impacts of this increased interest in agricultural land, very little is known about how local smallholder communities are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011639675
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Administrative failures in anti-poverty programmes and household welfare : an investigation of India's employment guarantee programme
Basu, Parantap; Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal - 2020
Administrative failures in anti-poverty programmes are widespread in developing countries. We focus on one such administrative failure - the persistent delay in paying beneficiaries on time in India’s iconic anti-poverty programme, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). Using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198891
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Land acquisition for industrialization and compensation of displaced farmers
Ghatak, Maitreesh; Mookherjee, Dilip - 2011
This paper addresses the question of how farmers displaced by acquisition of agricultural land for the purpose of industrialization ought to be compensated. Prior to acquisition, the farmers are leasing in land from a landlord, either a private owner or a local government. There are three sets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009159746
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Inter- and intra-farm land fragmentation in Viet Nam
Markussen, Thomas; Tarp, Finn; Thiep, Do Huy; Tuan, … - 2016
This paper uses panel data at commune, household, and plot levels to study the causes and effects of agricultural land fragmentation in rural Viet Nam. We focus on both inter-farm fragmentation (the division of land into many small farms) and intra-farm fragmentation (the division of each farm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447348
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Land, environment and climate : contributing to the global public good
Hertel, Thomas W. - 2013
This paper discusses global public goods related to the world';s land resources, their current provision and likely future provision, their potential impacts on the world's poorest households, as well as prospects for using foreign assistance to enhance these outcomes. Specifically, the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010192036
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Land rights, agricultural productivity, and deforestation in Viet Nam
Abman, Ryan; Carney, Conor - 2018
This paper studies the relationship between land tenure for smallholder agriculture and deforestation in Viet Nam. We combine high resolution satellite data on deforestation with rich household and commune-level, biannual panel data. We study two margins of tenure security, whether a household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011894307
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Employment policy in Mainland Tanzania : what's in it for women?
Lambin, Roosa; Nyyssölä, Milla - 2022
Tanzania has experienced relatively strong and stable economic growth accompanied by social stability over the past two … design and outcomes. This constitutes a key challenge in Tanzania, where women and femaleheaded households are constrained by … impacted disproportionately by the economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper interrogates Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259850
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Socioeconomic and cultural drivers of women's formal work in rural Ghana
Groß, Elena; Frempong, Raymond Boadi - 2021
We study socioeconomic indicators of female labour force participation in off-farm formal employment in a subsistence agriculture setting in northern Ghana, where a new commercial farm provides a positive demand shock for low-skilled labour. We use a set of quantitative and qualitative data...
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