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Peeing out of poverty? : human fertilizer and the productivity of farming households
Pettersson, Jan; Wikström, Johan - 2013
community level. -- household productivity ; ecological sanitation ; UDDT ; Mali ; fertilizer ; matching …In many parts of the world, soils poor in nutrients are farmed with little addition of fertilizer, further depleting … sanitation and at recycling nutrients as fertilizer. This human fertilizer may act as a substitute for artificial fertilizers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009688537
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Reverse Share-Tenancy and Marshallian Inefficiency: Bargaining Power of Landowners and the Sharecroppers' Productivity
Ghebru, Hosaena H.; Holden, Stein T. - 2012
Making use of a unique tenant-landlord matched data from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, we are able to show how strategic response of tenants - to varying economic and tenure security status of the landlords - is important in explaining productivity differentials of sharecroppers. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624423
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Reverse Share-Tenancy and Marshallian Inefficiency: Bargaining Power of Landowners and the Sharecroppers’ Productivity
Ghebru, Hosaena H.; Holden, Stein T. - School of Economics and Business, Norges miljø- og … - 2012
Making use of a unique tenant-landlord matched data from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, we are able to show how strategic response of tenants - to varying economic and tenure security status of the landlords - is important in explaining productivity differentials of sharecroppers. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584045
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Rural Electrification in Rwanda – An Impact Assessment Using Matching Techniques
Bensch, Gunther; Kluve, Jochen; Peters, Jörg - 2010
Rural electrification is believed to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) via various channels. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of electrification on the household's lighting usage, home studying, energy expenditures and income. We use household data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273577
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Impacts of rural electrification in Rwanda
Bensch, Gunther; Kluve, Jochen; Peters, Jörg - 2011
Rural electrification is believed to contribute to the achievement of the MDG. In this paper, we investigate electrification impacts on different indicators. We use household data that we collected in Rwanda in villages with and without electricity access. We account for self-selection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282474
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Impacts of Rural Electrification in Rwanda
Bensch, Gunther; Kluve, Jochen; Peters, Jörg - 2011
Rural electrification is believed to contribute to the achievement of the MDG. In this paper, we investigate electrification impacts on different indicators. We use household data that we collected in Rwanda in villages with and without electricity access. We account for self-selection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287432
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Fear of the Dark? – How Access to Electric Lighting Affects Security Attitudes and Nighttime Activities in Rural Senegal
Bensch, Gunther; Peters, Jörg; Sievert, Maximiliane - 2012
from rural Senegal. We apply a new matching algorithm to control for a possible self-selection into Solar Home System …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289825
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Impacts of Rural Electrifi cation in Rwanda
Bensch, Gunther; Kluve, Jochen; Peters, Jörg - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
Rural electrifi cation is believed to contribute to the achievement of the MDG. In this paper, we investigate electrifi cation impacts on diff erent indicators. We use household data that we collected in Rwanda in villages with and without electricity access. We account for self-selection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009321171
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Impacts of Rural Electrification in Rwanda
Bensch, Gunther; Kluve, Jochen; Peters, Jörg - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Rural electrification is believed to contribute to the achievement of the MDG. In this paper, we investigate electrification impacts on different indicators. We use household data that we collected in Rwanda in villages with and without electricity access. We account for self-selection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395427
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Fear of the Dark? – How Access to Electric Lighting Affects Security Attitudes and Nighttime Activities in Rural Senegal
Bensch, Gunther; Peters, Jörg; Sievert, Maximiliane - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
from rural Senegal. We apply a new matching algorithm to control for a possible self-selection into Solar Home System …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010576030