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Social Norms and Aspirations : Age of Marriage and Education in Rural India

Maertens, Annemie - 2013

Using a unique dataset that I collected in three villages in semi-arid India, I analyze the role of perceived returns to education and social norms regarding the ideal age of marriage in the educational plans parents have for their children. I elicit from parents their perceptions of the returns...

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A “Time of Agric”: Rethinking the “Failure” of Agricultural Programs in 1970s Ghana

Wiemers, Alice - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 104-117

Recent interest in a “new green revolution” in Africa has revived debate about state intervention in agricultural … markets and biotechnology. These debates take for granted that the first wave of green revolution interventions in Africa … the role of micro-historical analysis in assessing Africa’s recent agricultural past. …

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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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Coping with the Upheavals of Globalization in the Shea Value Chain: The Maintenance and Relevance of Upstream Shea Nut Supply Chain Organization in Western Burkina Faso

Rousseau, Karen; Gautier, Denis; Wardell, D. Andrew - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 413-427

Market globalization has had only a weak impact on the regional shea nut supply chain in western Burkina Faso despite the boom in the shea trade and the arrival of leading foreign firms. We show that despite the fact that wholesalers have kept the shea chain locked in an oligarchic organization...

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Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in Uganda

Chiputwa, Brian; Spielman, David J.; Qaim, Matin - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 400-412

Voluntary standards are gaining in importance in global markets for high-value foods. We analyze and compare impacts of three sustainability-oriented standards – Fairtrade, Organic, and UTZ – on the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda. Using survey data and propensity score...

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Analysis of Adoption and Impacts of Improved Maize Varieties in Eastern Zambia

Khonje, Makaiko; Manda, Julius; Alene, Arega D.; … - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 695-706

This paper analyzes the adoption and welfare impacts of improved maize varieties in eastern Zambia using data obtained from a sample of over 800 farm households. Using both propensity score matching and endogenous switching regression models, the paper shows that adoption of improved maize leads...

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Female Migration for Marriage: Implications from the Land Reform in Rural Tanzania

Kudo, Yuya - In: World Development 65 (2015) C, pp. 41-61

Using the longitudinal household panel data drawn from rural Tanzania (1991–2004), this study investigates impacts of the land reform on women’s marriage-motivated relocation. During the period under study, several villages that initially banned a widow’s land inheritance abolished this...

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Is Africa Actually Developing?

King, Alan; Ramlogan-Dobson, Carlyn - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 598-613

The results of previous time-series studies of the income convergence hypothesis indicate that practically no African economies are systematically closing their income gap with the rich world. This implies that almost the entire continent is not ‘developing’ in the literal sense of the term....

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The Formation of Community-Based Organizations: An Analysis of a Quasi-Experiment in Zimbabwe

Barr, Abigail; Dekker, Marleen; Fafchamps, Marcel - In: World Development 66 (2015) C, pp. 131-153

Previous analyses of the formation and composition of community-based organizations (CBOs) have used cross section data. So, causal inference has been compromised. We obviate this problem by using data from a quasi-experiment in which villages were formed by government officials selecting and...

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Producing Woodfuel for Urban Centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Path Out of Poverty for Rural Households?

Schure, Jolien; Levang, Patrice; Wiersum, K. Freerk - In: World Development 64 (2014) S1, pp. 80-80

Woodfuel is a renewable energy source with good potential for climate change mitigation. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the sector employs over 300,000 people for the supply of Kinshasa alone, but the benefits to the poor are often unknown. This paper analyzes the contribution of...

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