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Agricultural Diversification in Nepal : Status, Determinants, and Its Impact on Rural Poverty

Thapa, Ganesh - 2017

) has increased substantially in Nepal. We contribute to the literature on trends in agricultural development in the poorest … three rounds of the nationally representative Nepal Living Standard Surveys: NLSS I (1994/1995), NLSS II (2004/2005) and …

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Poverty Prevalence and Correlates of Household Expenditure in Four Lowland Areas of Rural Papua New Guinea

Schmidt, Emily - 2020

The lack of data on rural household production systems and economic conditions in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has impeded efforts to inform development initiatives for the last decade. In 2015/16, a severe El Niño event decimated local crop production and underscored the lack of current data and...

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Energy Use and Rural Poverty : Empirical Evidence from Potato Farmers in Northern China

Li, Zihan - 2016

Rising energy expenditures due to more intensive use of energy in modern agriculture and increasing energy prices may affect rural households' agricultural incomes, particularly the incomes of the rural poor in developing countries. However, the exact link between energy costs and income among...

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Implications of Slowing Growth in Emerging Market Economies for Hunger and Poverty in Rural Areas of Developing Countries

Laborde, David - 2016

Over the past 25 years, economic growth rates in many developing countries have outpaced those in industrialized countries, and per capita incomes of these two groups of countries have started to converge. Growth in developing countries contributed to a dramatic drop — from 37 percent to 13...

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Climbing up the Ladder and Watching out for the Fall : Poverty Dynamics in Rural Bangladesh

Ahmed, Akhter U.; Tauseef, Salauddin - 2019

This paper analyzes poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh using a nationally representative panel dataset of 5,260 rural households interviewed in 2011/12 and 2015. We find that education, savings, assets, non-farm employment, substantial safety net transfers, and women’s empowerment are key...

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Delayed Premium Payment, Insurance Adoption, and Household Investment in Rural China

Liu, Yanyan; Chen, Kevin; Hill, Ruth Vargas - 2019

We conduct a randomized controlled trial to examine the impacts of delayed premium payment on insurance uptake and the subsequent investment decisions among small-holder farmers in rural China. Our results show uptake among those with the delayed payment option is three times as high as among...

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Spousal Concordance in Joint and Separate Households : Survey Evidence from Nepal

Ambler, Kate - 2020

Using data from Nepal, we analyze patterns of concordance between spouses on survey questions regarding asset ownership …

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Agricultural Research and Extension System in Nepal : An Organizational Review

Babu, Suresh Chandra - 2019

This paper aims to address the status and challenges of agriculture research and extension and their linkages in Nepal …. Agriculture plays a vital role in Nepal's economy, employment, and livelihoods, contributing nearly 33 percent to gross domestic … product, 66 percent to employment, and 50 percent to exports. Despite the government of Nepal's (GON's) priority and policy …

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Effects of Agricultural Mechanization on Smallholders and Their Self-Selection into Farming : An Insight from the Nepal Terai

Takeshima, Hiroyuki - 2016

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Farm Size and Effects of Chemical Fertilizer Price on Farm Households : Insights from Nepal Terai

Takeshima, Hiroyuki - 2016

smallholders in countries like Nepal. These and other inputs complement labor when a country experiences periods of increased labor …, including Nepal. While the evidence is limited, earlier studies suggest that this trend may also be associated with a greater … assess the relationship between the role of chemical fertilizer and farm size in lowland Nepal. In particular, we assess the …

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