The relevance of a rules-based maize marketing policy: an experimental case study of Zambia [0.03%]
基于规则的玉米营销政策的相关性：赞比亚的一个实验案例研究
Klaus Abbink,Thomas S Jayne,Lars C Moller
Klaus Abbink
Strategic interaction between public and private actors is increasingly recognised as an important determinant of agricultural market performance in Africa and elsewhere. Trust and consultation tends to positively affect private activity wh...
Livelihood transitions and the changing nature of farmer-herder conflict in Sahelian West Africa [0.03%]
萨赫勒地区西非生计转型与牧农冲突变化机制研究
Matthew D Turner,Augustine A Ayantunde,Kristen P Patterson et al.
Matthew D Turner et al.
The accommodation of livestock husbandry with crop agriculture is crucial for the future of the West African Sahel. Present trends are leading to greater restrictions on livestock husbandry and a growing convergence of livelihood practices ...
Understanding the complexities of private standards in global agri-food chains as they impact developing countries [0.03%]
理解全球农业食品产业链中的私人标准的复杂性及其对发展中国家的影响
Spencer Henson,John Humphrey
Spencer Henson
The increasing prevalence of private standards governing food safety, food quality and environmental and social impacts of agri-food systems has raised concerns about the effects on developing countries, as well as the governance of agri-fo...
Do changes in the labour market take families out of poverty? Determinants of exiting poverty in Brazilian metropolitan regions [0.03%]
劳动力市场变化会使家庭摆脱贫困吗？巴西大都市地区脱贫因素分析
Ana Flavia Machado,Rafael Perez Ribas Ribas
Ana Flavia Machado
Using survival models, we test whether short-term changes in the labour market affect poverty duration. Data are from the Brazilian Monthly Employment Survey. Such a monthly dataset permits more accurate estimations of events than using ann...
Parallel realities: exploring poverty dynamics using mixed methods in rural Bangladesh [0.03%]
平行现实：利用混合方法探索孟加拉国农村贫困的动态变化
Peter Davisa,Bob Baulch
Peter Davisa
This paper explores the implications of using two methodological approaches to study poverty dynamics in rural Bangladesh. Using data from a unique longitudinal study, we show how different methods lead to very different assessments of soci...
Women's property rights and gendered policies: implications for women's long-term welfare in rural Tanzania [0.03%]
女性财产权与性别政策：对坦桑尼亚农村妇女长期福祉的影响
Amber Peterman
Amber Peterman
This paper evaluates effects of community-level women's property and inheritance rights on women's economic outcomes using a 13 year longitudinal panel from rural Tanzania. In the preferred model specification, inverse probability weighting...
John Knight,Li Shi,Deng Quheng
John Knight
Why is it that couples who have a son or whose last child is a son earn higher conditional income? To solve this curious case we tell a detective story: evidence of a phenomenon to be explained, a parade of suspects, a process of eliminatio...
Cross-country disparity in agricultural productivity: quantifying the role of modern seed adoption [0.03%]
农业生产率的国别差异：量化采纳现代种子的作用
Melanie O&#x;Gorman,Manish Pandey
Melanie O&#x;Gorman
Inequality of agricultural labour productivity across the developing world has increased substantially over the past 40 years. This article asks: to what extent did the diffusion of Green Revolution seed varieties contribute to increasing a...
Are women as likely to take risks and compete? Behavioural findings from central Vietnam [0.03%]
她们愿意冒险和竞争吗？来自越南中部的行为证据
Diana Fletschner,C Leigh Anderson,Alison Cullen
Diana Fletschner
Using controlled experiments to compare the risk attitude and willingness to compete of husbands and wives in 500 couples in rural Vietnam, we find that women are more risk averse than men and that, compared to men, women are less likely to...
Grounding "responsibilisation talk": masculinities, citizenship and HIV in Cape Town, South Africa [0.03%]
基于南非开普敦的男性气质、公民身份和艾滋病的实证调查研究
Christopher J Colvin,Steven Robins,Joan Leavens
Christopher J Colvin