Showing 1 - 10 of 221
Both formal, and informal loans matter in agriculture. But formal lenders provide much more in production lending, than … other governments, the Government of Pakistan subsidized the formal scheme on the grounds that lending to agriculture is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976129
The consequences of climate change for agriculture and food security in developing countries are of serious concern …. Due to their reliance on rain-fed agriculture, both as a source of income and consumption, many low-income countries are … Tanzania. Representative climate projections are used in calibrated crop models to predict crop yield changes for 110 districts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975006
Given global heterogeneity in climate-induced agricultural variability, Tanzania has the potential to substantially … exporting regions, Tanzania may be able to export more maize at higher prices, even if it also experiences below … partners' usual import sources. Future climate predictions suggest that some of Tanzania's trading partners will experience …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975124
and temporally consistent measurement of household consumption and poverty. A field experiment in Tanzania tests eight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976251
to restore efficiency gains. To study this targeting dilemma, this paper implements a field experiment where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859529
from a unique land titling experiment held in an unplanned settlement in Dar es Salaam, the analysis finds a strong … relationship holds in a separate, identical experiment held a year later in a nearby community, as well as in administrative data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950047
to recommendations, and nearly eliminate reports of conflicts over water. The experiment fails to detect an additional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927008
Simultaneity of borrowing, withdrawal of savings, and loan defaults due to the pronounced seasonality of agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012961228
participation in low-return farm wage labor more likely. Even within agriculture, elimination of all types of credit constraints in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973527
dataset on the productivity in agriculture substantially changes the conclusions compared to earlier analysis of the same … dataset on the productivity in agriculture substantially changes the conclusions compared to earlier analysis of the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973872