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Unpacking the Meaning of ‘Market Access’: Evidence from Rural Kenya

Chamberlin, Jordan; Jayne, T.S. - In: World Development 41 (2013) C, pp. 245-264

This paper critically examines the dimensions of market access. Using farm panel survey data from Kenya, we investigate changes in ten indicators of market access during the 1997–2010 post-liberalization period. We find major improvements in certain market access conditions and little change...

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African Agriculture in 50Years: Smallholders in a Rapidly Changing World?

Collier, Paul; Dercon, Stefan - In: World Development 63 (2014) C, pp. 92-101

For economic development to succeed in Africa in the next 50years, African agriculture will have to change beyond … poverty reduction. We question the evidence base for an exclusive focus on smallholders, and argue for a much more open … frameworks, and not just a narrow focus on smallholders. …

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Magic and witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355

The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...

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Aid Effectiveness in Times of Political Change : Lessons from the Post-Communist Transition

Frot, Emmanuel - 2016

We argue that the tilt toward donor interests over recipient needs in aid allocation and practices may be particularly strong in new partnerships. Using the natural experiment of Eastern transition we find that commercial and strategic concerns influenced both aid flows and entry in the first...

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Correlates of Maize Land and Livelihood Change Among Maize Farming Households in Mexico

Eakin, Hallie; Appendini, Kirsten; Sweeney, Stuart; … - In: World Development 70 (2015) C, pp. 78-91

We use classification tree analysis to identify the primary predictors of a suite of maize land use and livelihood outcomes for smallholder farmers in three regions of Mexico (Sinaloa, Mexico state, and Chiapas). Our analysis identifies regionally specific correlates with change in maize area,...

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Exposure to large-scale farms increases smallholders' competitive behavior and closes the gender gap

Khadjavi, Menusch; Sipangule, Kacana; Thiele, Rainer - In: World Development 176 (2024)

We investigate how exposure to large-scale farms affects smallholders’ competitive behavior. Based on lab …-in-the-field experimental measures covering more than 900 smallholders and 400 children in Zambia, we find that smallholders who are … effect is especially pronounced for female smallholders and closes the gender gap associated with competitiveness. This …

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Globalization and Smallholders: The Adoption, Diffusion, and Welfare Impact of Non-Traditional Export Crops in Guatemala

Carletto, Calogero; Kirk, Angeli; Winters, Paul C.; … - In: World Development 38 (2010) 6, pp. 814-827

diffusion processes of non-traditional exports (NTX) among smallholders. Based on the analysis, NTX production appeared to have … delivered less prosperity to adopters than initially promised. Smallholders may lack capacity to overcome difficulties that …

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Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base

Wunder, Sven; Angelsen, Arild; Belcher, Brian - In: World Development 64 (2014) S1, pp. 1-1

More than 10,000years after the Agricultural Revolution started, millions of rural smallholders across the developing …

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The Hard Challenge of Aid Coordination

Bourguignon, François; Platteau, Jean-Philippe - In: World Development 69 (2015) C, pp. 86-97

Aid coordination is a constant theme of discussion among national and international aid agencies in their search for more effectiveness and efficiency in delivering development assistance. This paper seeks to clarify some of the arguments currently made in support of aid coordination, and to...

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Does Foreign Aid Increase Foreign Direct Investment?

Selaya, Pablo; Sunesen, Eva Rytter - In: World Development 40 (2012) 11, pp. 2155-2176

We examine the idea that aid and foreign direct investment (FDI) are complementary sources of foreign capital. We argue that the relationship between aid and FDI is theoretically ambiguous: aid raises the marginal productivity of capital when used to finance complementary inputs (like public...

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