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The Price of Empowerment : Experimental Evidence on Land Titling in Tanzania

Ali, Daniel Ayalew - 2017

This paper reports on a randomized field experiment that uses price incentives to address economic and gender … some degree of pro-poor price discrimination is justified even from a narrow budgetary perspective. In terms of gender … inequality, the study finds that even small price incentives for female co-titling achieve almost complete gender parity in land …

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From Tragedy to Renaissance : Improving Agricultural Data for Better Policies

Carletto, Calogero - 2020

Agricultural development is an essential engine of growth and poverty reduction, yet agricultural data suffer from poor quality and narrow sectoral focus. There are several reasons for this: (i) difficult-to-measure smallholder agriculture is prevalent in poor countries, (ii) agricultural data...

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Will Digital Technologies Transform Agriculture in Developing Countries?

Deichmann, Uwe - 2017

Mobile phones and the internet have significantly affected practically all sectors of the economy, and agriculture is no exception. Building on a recent World Bank flagship report, this paper introduces a concise framework for describing the main benefits from new information and communications...

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Agriculture Public Spending and Growth in Indonesia

Blanco Armas, Enrique - 2017

This paper analyzes the trends and evolution of public spending in the agriculture sector in Indonesia, as well as the impact of public spending on agricultural growth. It finds that, in line with empirical work undertaken in other countries, public spending on agriculture and irrigation during...

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Information, Direct Access to Farmers, and Rural Market Performance in Central India

Goyal, Aparajita - 2017

This paper estimates the impact of a change in procurement strategy of a private buyer in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Beginning in October 2000, internet kiosks and warehouses were established that provide wholesale price information and an alternative marketing channel to soy...

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Playing to Strength : Growth Strategy for Small Agrarian Economies in Africa

Yusuf, Shahid - 2018

With urban industrialization on the scale achieved by East Asian economies looking increasingly less plausible, small economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a growth strategy with the greatest potential for small,...

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Transport Costs, Comparative Advantage, and Agricultural Development : Evidence from Jamuna Bridge in Bangladesh

Blankespoor, Brian - 2018

This paper studies the effects of a large reduction in transport costs on agricultural development in a developing country, with a focus on the interactions among the comparative advantage and transport costs of a location, and the transport intensity and value of a commodity. The paper extends...

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