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to the cases of Chad and India. …
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PROGRESA/Oportunidades anti-poverty and human resource program with its conditional cash transfers (CCT)—conditional on …
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growth and poverty reduction goals, as well as other development goals. …
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impact of farmer field school participation on the pre-specified development objectives, namely poverty alleviation and food …, but we find no effect on the poverty indicators. We investigate possible mechanisms for this and conclude that both …
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This study examines the relationship between agricultural technology adoption and poverty with a focus on New Rice … there is a scope for reducing poverty through the accelerated adoption of NERICA varieties by farmers. …
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This study examines if household access to microfinance reduces poverty in Pakistan, and if so, to what extent and … across which dimensions of well-being by taking account of the multi-dimensional aspect of poverty. The study draws on first … participating households, that is, the poverty reducing-effects were observed and statistically significant on a number of …
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The introduction and dissemination of improved dairy cow breeds in Uganda is arguably the most significant step taken to develop a modern and commercial dairy industry in the country over the last two decades. This study uses a nationally representative sample of Ugandan households to rigorously...
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account. New spatial data on the distribution of poverty and the expenditure patterns of households below international … poverty lines are used to offer more detailed assessment of the poverty relevance of alternative foci than possible previously …
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"It has often been argued that new agricultural technologies lead to poverty reduction. This paper argues that any … changes in poverty situation attributed to those who adopt new agricultural technology (treatment group) without a … effects of new agricultural technology on poverty reduction by employing the “double difference” method on data collected in …
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challenges in areas such as food security, agricultural development, rural poverty, and environmental protection; to catalyze a …
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