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  • 1
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    Rural Non-Farm Employment and Household Welfare : Evidence from Malawi (2017)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (66 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Rural Non-Farm Employment and Household Welfare: Evidence from Malawi
    Abstract: This paper uses nationally representative panel data and a combination of econometric approaches, to explore linkages between rural non-farm activities (wage and self-employment) and household welfare in rural Malawi. The paper analyzes the average treatment effects and distributional effects on participants' welfare indicators, such as households' per capita consumption expenditures. Then it investigates the effects of non-farm activities on the use of agricultural inputs, one channel through which non-farm employment might improve the welfare of rural households. Although participation in non-farm activities is not randomly assigned in the data, the identification strategy relies on fixed effects and correlated random effects estimation methods, dealing effectively with time invariant heterogeneity, coupled with geographical covariate adjustments, controlling for time varying differences in local market conditions and employment opportunities. The results suggest that non-farm wage employment and non-farm self-employment are welfare improving and poverty reducing. However, households at the lower tail of the wealth distribution benefit significantly less from participation than the wealthiest. Although the results support the promotion of the rural non-farm economy for poverty reduction purposes, they indicate that targeted interventions that improve poor households' access to high-return non-farm opportunities are likely to lead to bigger successes in curbing rural poverty
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8096
    URL: Volltext  (Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
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  • 2
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    Article
    Financing agricultural inputs in Africa : Own cash or credit? (2017)
    In:  Agriculture in Africa [2017], S. 29-37
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    Language: English
    Titel der Quelle: Agriculture in Africa
    Angaben zur Quelle: [2017], S. 29-37
    Note: Guigonan Serge Adjognon, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, and Thomas Reardon
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  • 3
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    Combatting Forest Fires in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso (2023)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (52 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Nguyen Huy, Tung Combatting Forest Fires in the Drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso
    Keywords: Agriculture ; Deforestation ; Drylands Fire Prevention ; Environment ; Fire Reduction Case Study ; Forest Conservation ; Forest Fire ; Forestry Management ; Synthetic Control Method
    Abstract: Forest fires are among the main drivers of deforestation and forest degradation in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses remote sensing data on forest fires and remaining tree cover to estimate the effectiveness of a project targeted at reducing fire incidences in twelve protected forests in arid Burkina Faso. The project consisted of two components that were implemented in the villages surrounding the target forests: a campaign aimed at raising community awareness about the detrimental effects of forest fires, and a program to support establishing and maintaining forest fire prevention infrastructures. Using the Synthetic Control Method the paper finds that the project resulted in a 35% reduction in forest fire occurrences in the period of the year when they tend to be most prevalent -in November, at the very end of the agricultural season. However, this impact is short-lived (as the reduction only occurred in the first four years of the program). The reduction in forest fires also did not result in a detectable increase in vegetation cover-because the reduction in November was not sufficiently large to be captured via remote sensing, or because the duration of the reduction was too short for the vegetation to recover. The paper then tries to uncover the underlying mechanisms to shed light on which of the project's components were effective and to also learn how the program can be improved
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-10336
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  • 4
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    The Coronavirus pandemic and food security : evidence from West Africa (2020)
    [Washington, DC, USA] : World Bank Group, Development Economics, Development Impact Evaluation Group & Poverty and Equity Global Practice
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 36 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 9474
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Adjognon, Guigonan Serge The Coronavirus Pandemic and Food Security: Evidence from West Africa
    Keywords: Ernährungssicherung ; Coronavirus ; Westafrika ; Graue Literatur
    Abstract: This paper documents some of the first estimates of the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on food security in a low- and middle-income country context. It combines nationally representative pre- pandemic household survey data with follow-up phone survey data from Mali and exploits sub- national variation in the intensity of pandemic-related disruptions between urban and rural areas. These disruptions stem from both government policies aiming to slow the spread of the virus and also individual behavior motivated by fear of contracting the virus. The paper finds evidence of increasing food insecurity in Mali associated with the pandemic. Difference-in-difference estimates show that moderate food insecurity increased by about 8 percentage points - a 33 percent increase - in urban areas compared with rural areas in Mali. The estimates are substantially larger than existing predictions of the average effect of the pandemic on food security globally and therefore highlights the critical importance of understanding effect heterogeneity
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-9474
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  • 5
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    Productivity shocks and repayment behavior in rural credit markets : a framed field experiment (2018)
    Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, Development Economics, Development Research Group
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 47 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 8528
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Productivity Shocks and Repayment Behavior in Rural Credit Markets: A Framed Field Experiment
    Keywords: Agrarproduktion ; Graue Literatur
    Abstract: Improving rural credit markets requires a good understanding of the root causes of market failures and taking necessary steps to address them. This paper investigates the role of productivity shocks in borrowers' repayment choices. Using a framed field experiment that simulated a repeated interaction in an input credit market, the analysis finds strong evidence that negative productivity shocks lead to higher default, even when they do not induce negative returns. This relationship is robust to the presence of an information exchange system enforcing dynamic incentives. The findings suggest that recurrent agricultural production shocks resulting from the negative effects of climate change could exacerbate failures in rural credit markets, undermining hard-won progress toward rural financial inclusion
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8528
    URL: Volltext  (Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
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  • 6
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    Reducing hunger with Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) : experimental evidence from Burkina Faso (2019)
    [Washington, DC, USA] : World Bank Group, Development Economics, Development Impact Evaluation Group
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 52 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 8974
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Reducing Hunger with Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES): Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso
    Keywords: Graue Literatur
    Abstract: Does financial compensation for providing environmental conservation, improve the food security of the rural poor in the drylands of Sub-Saharan Africa? This paper explores this question using data from a randomized controlled trial of a large scale reforestation implemented by the Government of Burkina Faso. Members of communities located around selected protected forests were invited to plant indigenous tree species on degraded areas, and to take care of their maintenance. The financial compensation they would receive depended on the number of trees still alive a year later. The vast majority of the community members participating in the project were farmers, and the timing of the payments coincided with the lean season, when most farmers were at risk of food insecurity. Compared with the control group, the project's participants' households reported 12 percent higher food consumption expenditures, and a reduction in moderate and severe food insecurity by 35 percent to 60 percent. The transfers received were spent mostly on cereals, meat, and pulses, with no evidence of increased consumption of temptation goods
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8974
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  • 7
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    Can taxes help ensure a fair globalization? (2019)
    [Washington, DC, USA] : World Bank Group, Poverty and Equity Global Practice
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 46 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 8975
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Langot, Francois Can Taxes Help Ensure a Fair Globalization?
    Keywords: Graue Literatur
    Abstract: This paper analyzes whether taxation can be successfully used to reduce the incidence of labor informality and achieve higher equality in a globalized economy. To this purpose, it develops a two-area model: a developed country and an emerging country. The two areas differ according to the size of the informal sector, which is characterized by a more flexible labor market and lower productivity. To illustrate the potential role of taxation in achieving a more fair income distribution, the paper introduces a trade shock to simulate the effects of trade liberalization. Trade expansion has often been blamed for leading to an expansion of the informal sector and a widening of wage income disparities. In this context, the paper analyzes whether a budget-neutral tax reform-switching the tax burden from payroll taxes paid by firms operating in the formal sector to a consumption tax-can mitigate possible adverse effects of trade liberalization and support labor formalization. The effects of taxation are seen in the context of the trade-offs between growth, labor formality and equity. The analysis suggests that small improvements in formalization, resulting from the tax reform, come at the cost of widening income inequality. To reduce the incidence of low-quality jobs, tax policy interventions should go hand in hand with more effective social protection systems and labor laws
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8975
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  • 8
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    Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques (2022)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (74 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques
    Keywords: Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems ; Agricultural Sector Economics ; Agricultural Training ; Agriculture ; Cash Transfers ; Communities and Human Settlements ; Crop Productivity ; Crops and Crop Management Systems ; Environment ; Environmental Conservation ; Land Management Benefits ; Land Management Incentives ; Land Use ; Land Use Training ; Peer-To-Peer Land Use Training ; Sustainable Agricultural Techniques ; Sustainable Land Management ; Unsustainable Land Use
    Abstract: Unsustainable land use is a key threat to both economic development and environmental conservation in developing countries. This study implemented a randomized controlled trial in arid Burkina Faso to test the effectiveness of financial incentives in stimulating the adoption of sustainable land management practices (SLMPs). It did so in the context of a so-called cascade training program, in which some farmers were trained in the implementation of sustainable land management practices, who were then asked to disseminate their newly acquired knowledge and expertise to other farmers in their social networks. The study finds that offering payments conditional on adoption improves both the transfer of information from the trained to the peer farmers, as well as the peer farmers' sustainable land management practices adoption rates. Offering financial incentives thus mitigates two of the most important barriers to the adoption of sustainable land management practices - the (perceived) lack of private benefits and insufficient diffusion of the technical implementation information from the trained farmers to their peers. Finally, the study documents that adoption of sustainable land management practices generates substantial increases in crop productivity and agricultural income already after one agricultural cycle
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-10041
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