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Rediscovering the Virgin Lands: Agricultural investment and rural livelihoods in a Eurasian frontier area

Petrick, Martin; Wandel, Jürgen; Karsten, Katharina - In: World Development 43 (2013), pp. 164-179

Against the global debate on socially responsible agro-investment, we explore the conditions, patterns, and impacts of recent agricultural recovery in Kazakhstan’s northern grain provinces. Vertically and horizontally integrated agroholdings brought outside investment and management to this...

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Magic and witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa

Kohnert, Dirk - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355

The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and social class of the people concerned. According to many Africans its incidence is even increasing due to social stress and strain caused (among others) by the process of...

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Impact of Improved Maize Adoption on Welfare of Farm Households in Malawi: A Panel Data Analysis

Bezu, Sosina; Kassie, Girma T.; Shiferaw, Bekele; … - In: World Development 59 (2014) C, pp. 120-131

This paper assesses rural households’ decision to use improved maize varieties in Malawi and examines its impact on …

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Can Microfinance Reach the Poorest: Evidence from a Community-Managed Microfinance Intervention

Lønborg, Jonas Helth; Rasmussen, Ole Dahl - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 460-472

dataset from a community-managed microfinance intervention in Northern Malawi, we find regressive targeting: Participants are …

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Seasonal Food Crises and Policy Responses: A Narrative Account of Three Food Security Crises in Malawi

Ellis, Frank; Manda, Elizabeth - In: World Development 40 (2012) 7, pp. 1407-1417

This paper examines seasonal food price crises in Malawi. In the 2000s, Malawi experienced three episodes in which …

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The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on HIV and AIDS Programs in a High Prevalence Country: The Case of Malawi

Serieux, John E.; Munthali, Spy; Sepehri, Ardeshir; … - In: World Development 40 (2012) 3, pp. 501-515

Malawi. It does so by examining the direct effect of the crisis on Malawi’s economy and the financing experience of civil … society organization involved in the delivery of services. The paper finds that Malawi’s economy survived the global crisis …

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Local Demand for a Global Intervention: Policy Priorities in the Time of AIDS

Dionne, Kim Yi - In: World Development 40 (2012) 12, pp. 2468-2477

local demand for HIV/AIDS interventions in Africa and seeks to explain patterns of demand using data from a country hard …-hit by AIDS. As international agencies and national governments scale up HIV/AIDS interventions in Africa, I find HIV … their headmen in rural Malawi show weak prioritization of HIV/AIDS. The data illustrate a misalignment of policy preferences …

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Financial Liberalization and the Industrial Response: Concentration and Entry in Malawi

Kabango, Grant P.; Paloni, Alberto - In: World Development 39 (2011) 10, pp. 1771-1783

wake of liberalization on the structure of the industrial sectors in Malawi and find that, in contrast to the hypothesis … are more finance dependent. The case of Malawi is interesting because financial liberalization has been justified …

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Cropland Allocation Effects of Agricultural Input Subsidies in Malawi

Chibwana, Christopher; Fisher, Monica; Shively, Gerald - In: World Development 40 (2012) 1, pp. 124-133

We measure the impacts of Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program on the cropland allocation decisions of farmers in … Kasungu and Machinga districts in central and southern Malawi. Using a two-step regression strategy to control for endogenous …

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Understanding the Process of Agricultural Technology Adoption: Mineral Fertilizer in Eastern DR Congo

Lambrecht, Isabel; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Merckx, Roel; … - In: World Development 59 (2014) C, pp. 132-146

We analyze the adoption of mineral fertilizer in South-Kivu. We model technology adoption as a three-step-process, including awareness, tryout, and adoption; and empirically analyze these steps using cross-sectional farm-household data, and bivariate and Heckman selection probit models. We find...

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