Agricultural technology in Africa

T Suri, C Udry - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022 - aeaweb.org
We discuss recent trends in agricultural productivity in Africa and highlight how
technological progress in agriculture has stagnated on the continent. We briefly review the …

Private but misunderstood? Evidence on measuring intimate partner violence via self-interviewing in rural Liberia and Malawi

DS Park, S Aggarwal, D Jeong, N Kumar… - The World Bank …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Women may underreport intimate partner violence (IPV) in surveys. In an experiment in rural
Liberia and Malawi, women were asked IPV questions via self-interviewing (SI) or face-to …

[PDF][PDF] Nutrition-Sensitive Cash Transfers and Lean Season Food Insecurity

A Collishaw, D Maggio, A Gelli, Maziko Trial Team - 2024 - ace.illinois.edu
Rural households in sub-Saharan Africa face high levels of poverty and annually recurring
periods of lean season food insecurity. We conduct a randomized controlled trial in rural …

Making Markets: Experiments in Agricultural Input Market Formation

A Dillon, N Tomaselli - Buffett Institute Global Poverty Research …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Making markets is central to theories of development. In a randomized controlled trial, we
vary an agricultural input market's organization to test whether time-inconsistent …