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Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: Does institutional design matter?:

Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; Rashid, Shahidur; Borzaga, Carlos; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

Financial cooperatives and microfinance institutions (MFIs) are the two major sources of rural finance in Ethiopia … service providers on agricultural technology adoption. The results suggest that access to institutional finance has …

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2011 Social Accounting Matrix for Senegal:

Fofana, Ismaël; Diallo, Mamadou Yaya; Sarr, Ousseynou; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

This document describes the construction of a social accounting matrix (SAM) for Senegal. The SAM is based upon 2011 national accounts statistics and provides a consistent framework for the assessment of growth and employment policies.

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Clustering as an organizational response to capital market inefficiency: Evidence from handloom enterprises in Ethiopia

Ali, Merima; Peerlings, Jack; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Using data from microenterprises of the handloom sector in four regions of Ethiopia, the paper shows that clustering, through specialization and division of labor, can lower entry barriers by reducing the initial capital required to start a business. This effect is found to be significantly...

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Paying for agricultural productivity

Alston, Julian M. (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Agricultural research and development has stimulated enormous increases in agricultural productivity in the twentieth century. Now, in response to common pressures, countries the world over are changing how they manage and pay for agricultural R&D. Paying for Agricultural Productivity reviews...

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Business operations of agrodealers and their participation in the loan market in Nigeria:

Olomola, Aderbigbe - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

This study employs primary data collected through structured questionnaires from 300 agrodealers and uses a Tobit type-II model for the analysis. The results show that interest rate, debt, value of asset, membership of trading association, and source of credit are major determinants of loan...

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Loan demand and rationing among small-scale farmers in Nigeria:

Olomola, Aderbigbe; Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

To this end, this study seeks to (1) examine the nature of risks facing small-scale farmer-borrowers in Nigeria, (2) analyze the demand for agricultural credit by farmers and highlight the key determinants of this demand, (3) ascertain the extent to which farmers are credit rationed and the...

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Managing risk with insurance and savings: Experimental evidence for male and female farm managers in West Africa:

Delavallade, Clara; Dizon, Felipe; Hill, Ruth Vargas; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

literature is still scant as to which products are the most effective. In order to inform gender targeting of rural finance …

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When expectations become aspirations: Reference-dependent preferences and liquidity constraints:

Kramer, Berber - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

A large body of literature suggests that consumers derive utility from gains and losses relative to a reference point. This paper shows that such reference dependence can affect savings in opposite directions depending on whether people face liquidity constraints. Existing models for wealth and...

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Demand for complementary financial and technological tools for managing drought risk:

Ward, Patrick S.; Spielman, David J.; Ortega, David L.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

Weather-related production risks remain one of the most serious constraints to agricultural production in much of the developing world. Financial and technological innovations that mitigate these risks have the potential to greatly benefit farmers in areas prone to such risks. In this study we...

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Financial constraints and international trade with endogenous mode of competition:

Bouët, Antoine; Vaubourg, Anne-Gaël - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015

resort to external funders to finance fixed export costs and investments in production capacities. We assume that sectors … allows firms to finance fixed export costs at a lower interest rate. On the other hand, financial health reduces the cost of … of trade. By increasing the cost of external finance, a financial shock increases the financial cost of exporting and …

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