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Whom Farmers Trust the Most? Institutional Trust and Economic Decision Makings : Evidence From Rural Ethiopia
Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw - 2022
Several cross-country studies show that trust is conducive to economic growth. One possible channel through which trust affects economic growth is trust in institutions. However, the issue of institutional trust and its effect on economic decision makings has been given less attention in the...
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Impact of National Rural Livelihood Mission on Livelihood Security of Rural Poor - A Propensity Score Matching Approach
Mishra, Abhisek - 2018
This paper empirically examines the effect of participation in National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) on the livelihood security of rural poor. Data are collected from 220 respondents (including both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries) through a structured questionnaire from Sonepur district...
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Did the Communists Contribute to China’s Rural Growth?
Lu, Yi; Luan, Mengna; Sng, Tuan-Hwee - 2019
The communist revolution brought unprecedented changes to China. Yet there is no consensus on its role in the history of China’s modern economic growth. We investigate whether local communist party membership affected developmental outcomes from 1957–78 (the Maoist period) and 1978–85 (the...
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The Role of Local Governments’ Efficiency in Decentralized Public Service Delivery : Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Rural Russia
Beuermann, Diether W.; Amelina, Maria - 2011
While previous literature has found that the effect of public services decentralization on quality of delivery and … in enhancing a decentralization reform. To shed light on this issue, we exploit a randomized intervention directed … major decentralization reform. We found that the intervention increased satisfaction levels with decentralized services only …
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Community-Based Well Maintenance in Rural Haiti
Aliprantis, Dionissi - 2014
This paper evaluates a new technology for providing water. The technology, developed by Haiti Outreach (HO), is distinguished by a program training communities to manage wells. The effects of training are identified by comparing HO's wells with wells refurbished by HO but subsequently managed...
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Governance and regulation as an indispensable condition for developing the potential of rural areas
Mazur, Kateryna; Tomashuk, Inna - In: Baltic Journal of Economic Studies 5 (2019) 5, pp. 67-78
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Rural-urban interdependence: a framework integrating regional, urban, and environmental economic insights
Wu, JunJie; Weber, Bruce A.; Partridge, Mark D. - In: American journal of agricultural economics 99 (2017) 2, pp. 464-480
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Socio-Economic Changes of Dalith Muslims in Rural Karnataka, An Anthropological Perspective
Mahadeviah, V.; T., Dinesha - 2019
Analysis of various ethno historical and oral history data suggested that Socio-Economic status of Dalith Muslims is changing over the period of time. Since 1970 the status of Muslims in India has drawn increasing policy attention. Over the last four decades, various Governments have pursued the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014107560
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Socio-Economic Changes of Dalith Muslims in Rural Karnataka, An Anthropological Perspective
Mahadeviah, V.; T., Dinesha - 2018
Analysis of various ethno historical and oral history data suggested that Socio-Economic status of Dalith Muslims is changing over the period of time. Since 1970 the status of Muslims in India has drawn increasing policy attention. Over the last four decades, various Governments have pursued the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014119731