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Information networks among women and men and the demand for an agricultural technology in India:
Magnan, Nicholas; Spielman, David J.; Gulati, Kajal; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Although there is ample evidence of differences in how and where men and women acquire information, most research on learning and household decisionmaking only considers access to information for a single, typically male, household head. This assumption may be problematic in developing-country...
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How important are peer effects in group lending?: Estimating a static game of incomplete information
Li, Shanjun; Liu, Yanyan; Deininger, Klaus - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476186
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Beyond the bari: Gender, groups, and social relations in rural Bangladesh
Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This paper uses a longitudinal data set from rural Bangladesh to analyze the factors that affect men's and women's ability to participate in groups and to engage in relationships with powerful and influential people. Unlike studies from other countries that find group membership to be positively...
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Costly posturing: relative status, ceremonies and early child development in China:
Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Participating in and presenting gifts at funerals, weddings, and other ceremonies held by fellow villagers have been regarded as social norms in Chinese villages for thousands of years. However, it is more burdensome for the poor to take part in these social occasions than for the rich. Because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593551
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Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49
Ragasa, Catherine; Berhane, Guush; Tadesse, Fanaye; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This study contributes new empirical evidence on the gender difference in access to extension services in Ethiopia and how this translates to observed differences in technology adoption and agricultural productivity. Our results suggest that female house-hold heads and plot managers are less...
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Impacts of IFPRI's "priorities for pro-poor public investment" global research program:
Renkow, Mitch - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
This report assesses the impact of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) Global Research Program on Priorities for Public Investment in Agriculture and Rural Areas (“GRP-3â€). Initiated in 1998, the stated objectives of the research program were (1) to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132598
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The impact of Bolsa Família on schooling: Girls’ advantage increases and older children gain:
de Brauw, Alan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
We estimate the impact of Bolsa Família on a range of education outcomes, including school participation, grade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132647
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The other asian enigma: Explaining the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Bangladesh:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F.; Ali, Disha; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
South Asia has long been synonymous with persistent and unusually high rates of child undernutrition—the so-called Asian enigma. Yet contrary to this stereotype, Bangladesh has managed to sustain a rapid reduction in the rate of child undernutrition for at least two decades. In this paper...
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Understanding the rapid reduction of undernutrition in Nepal, 2001-2011:
Headey, Derek D.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Given recent interest in reducing undernutrition–particularly the role of nutrition-sensitive policies–this paper aims to quantitatively understand this surprising success story by analyzing the 2001, 2006, and 2011 rounds of Nepal’s Demographic Health Surveys. To do so, the...
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Why women are progressive in education?: Gender disparities in human capital, labor markets, and family arrangement in the Philippines
Yamauchi, Futoshi; Tiongco, Marites - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
This paper shows mutually consistent evidence to support female advantage in education and disadvantage in labor … level of schooling investments in daughters. Because wage penalty to females in labor markets means that education is … relatively important as a determinant of their earnings, parental investments in their daughters’ education has larger impacts …
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