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Occupational dualism and intergenerational educational mobility in the rural economy : evidence from China and India

Emran, M. Shahe; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Jiang, Yajing; … - 2020

farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a … India faced lower educational mobility compared with the sons in rural China in the 1970s to 1990s. To understand the role … genetic correlations in China, but not in India. Fathers' nonfarm occupation and education were complementary in determining a …

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Dual Credit Markets and Household Access to Finance : Evidence from a Representative Chinese Household Survey

Cull, Robert - 2015

Using a new and representative data set of Chinese household finance, this paper documents household access to and costs of finance, along with their correlates. As in most developing countries, informal finance is a crucial element of household finance, and wealth tends to be associated with...

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Improving the Rural Investment Climate for Businesses : Key to Rural Income Generation

Sawada, Naotaka - 2012

An appropriate rural investment climate (RIC) is essential for rural businesses to be successful and generate employment and income in their communities. Improving the investment climate could facilitate income-generation activities in both farm and nonfarm sectors, thus reducing rural poverty....

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Rural Banking : The Case of Rural and Community Banks in Ghana

Nair, Ajai - 2010

This case study describes the history and business model of the Rural and Community Bank (RCB) network in Ghana, analyzes its performance, identifies key issues, and makes recommendations on the way forward. The study analyzes the service delivery and financial performance of the RCBs. Before...

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Labor and welfare impacts of a large-scale livelihoods program : quasi-experimental evidence from India

Pandey, Vivek; Gupta, Abhishek; Gupta, Shivani - 2019

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards this end. However, the evidence on the impact of such...

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Handling the Weather : Insurance, Savings, and Credit in West Africa

de Nicola, Francesca - 2015

Farmers in developing countries face a wide array of risks. Yet they often lack formal financial instruments to protect against risks. This paper examines the impact on consumption, investment, and welfare of the separate provision of three financial products: weather insurance, savings, and...

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Saving for dowry : evidence from rural India

Anukriti, S; Kwon, Sungoh; Prakash, Nishith - 2020

The ancient custom of dowry, that is, bride-to-groom marriage payments, remains ubiquitous in many contemporary societies. This paper examines whether dowry impacted household decision making and resource allocation in rural India during 1986-2007. Utilizing variation in firstborn gender and...

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Do cash transfers foster resilience? : evidence from rural Niger

Premand, Patrick; Stoeffler, Quentin - 2020

Policy makers are increasingly interested in strategies to promote resilience and mitigate the effects of future climatic shocks. Cash transfer programs have had widely documented positive welfare impacts. They often also aim to offer protection against shocks, but their role in fostering...

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The Monsoon Shock in Rural Nepal : Panel Evidence from the Household Risk and Vulnerability Survey

Jacoby, Hanan G. - 2019

Monsoon rainfall is a key driver of economic life in rural Nepal as well as a major source of income variability. In this paper, the authors use a newly collected 3-year panel data set, representative of rural Nepal, merged with global monthly precipitation data to investigate the nature of the...

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Improved biomass cookstove use in the longer run : results from a field experiment in rural Ethiopia

Mekonnen, Alemu; Beyene, Abebe Damte; Bluffstone, … - 2020

This paper reports on electronically-monitored improved use of the "Mirt" biomass stove in Ethiopia over a relatively long period of three-and-a-half years, using stove use data collected at five points in time. The results show that 62 percent of the households surveyed still retained their...

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