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Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Hoang Dinh, Quoc; Dufhues, Thomas; Buchenrieder, Gertrud - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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ANALYSIS OF INCOME INEQUALITY AND POVERTY DYNAMICS AMONG RURAL FARM HOUSEHOLDS IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA
Mbanasor, Jude Anayochukwu; Nwachukwu, Ifeanyi Ndubuto; … - In: International Journal of Food and Agricultural … 1
The study analyzed income inequality and poverty dynamics among rural farm households in Abia State, Nigeria. Beyond … the broad objective, the study sought specifically to estimate the income distribution and determine the poverty line, gap …. Analytically, the study employed Gini coefficient in the estimation of income distribution while poverty indicators (Mean household …
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Smallholder Commercialization Trends as Affected by Land Constraints in Zambia: What Are the Policy Implications?
Hichaambwa, Munguzwe; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2012
In spite of vast expanses of the country’s land currently being uncultivated, there is increasing evidence that a surprisingly high share of rural smallholder households face land constraints that adversely affect their productivity and ability to participate in agricultural supply chains.
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Ecosystems for water and food security. [Background paper]
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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Global Food Price Volatility and Spikes: An Overview of Costs, Causes, and Solutions
von Braun, Joachim; Tadesse, Getaw - Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), Rheinische … - 2012
Since the 2007–08 food crisis, many thoughtful analyses have addressed the causes and impacts of high and volatile international food prices and proposed solutions to the crisis. These studies have covered global as well as local food price dynamics and policy reactions. The food price problem...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653531
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Micro-Savings & Informal Insurance in Villages: A Field Experiment on Indirect Effects of Financial Deepening on Safety Nets of the Poor
Flory, Jeffrey A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/11. Former title: Indirect Effects of Microfinance: A Field Experiment on Formal Savings Expansion and Informal Safety Nets of the Ultra-Poor
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Impact of micro-credit programmes on poverty alleviation in Bangladesh
Khatun, Mst Asma; Islam, Mohammad Amirul; Majumder, Shankar - In: Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics 35 (2012) 1-2
-government organisations (NGO) and micro-finance institutes (MFI) on poverty alleviation in Bangladesh using a purposive sample of 406 credit … receivers. Alongside respondent’s perceived change in poverty situation this study devised an alternative measure of poverty … before and micro-credit as main means of asset change were the determinants of change in poverty situation. Significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011168034
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Is Micro-Finance Achieving Its Goal Among Smallholder Farmers in Africa? Empirical Evidence from Kenya Using Propensity Score Matching
Owuor, George - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Dr. George Owuor is an Agribusiness Specialist
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913383
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The Determinants of Rural Household Food Security in the Punjab, Pakistan: An Econometric Analysis
Bashir, Muhammad Khalid; Schilizzi, Steven; Pandit, Ram - School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2012
Pakistan is one of the leading producers of important agricultural commodities in the world with a relatively high proportion of undernourished population (26 %). This study aims to examine the food security trends in Pakistan in general, and to find out the household level food security and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010920182
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The Impacts of Wildlife Conservation Policies on Rural Household Welfare in Zambia
Fernandez, Ana; Richardson, Robert B.; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
identified as a key sector for poverty reduction due to its potential to generate off-farm income and employment in rural areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530572