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Preferences for sustainable intensification: Do agricultural interventions matter? Plot-level evidence from Senegal

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100645

Arouna Kouandou

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Beer, barley, livestock, milk: Who adopts agricultural innovations in rural Rajasthan? 啤酒、大麦、牲畜、牛奶：谁在拉贾斯坦邦农村采用农业创新？

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100643

Dina Najjar , Bipasha Baruah

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Welfare effect of rice outgrower scheme participation: empirical evidence from northern Ghana 参与水稻外延种植计划的福利效应：加纳北部的经验证据

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100640

Joshua Diedong , Benjamin Tetteh Anang , Gideon Danso-Abbeam

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The political economy of natural resource conflicts in Ghana: The case of the Songor 加纳自然资源冲突的政治经济学：松戈尔案例

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100641

Eric Tamatey Lawer , Pius Siakwah , Chika C. Mba , Kofi Takyi Asante

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Climate and security risks and their implications for sustainable livelihoods: The case of Maguindanao in conflict-ridden Philippine Bangsamoro 气候和安全风险及其对可持续生计的影响：冲突频发的菲律宾邦萨玛洛的马京达瑙岛案例

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100642

Laurence L. Delina , Jon H. Gaviola , Rufa Cagoco-Guiam

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Is seed aid distribution still justified in South Sudan? 在南苏丹分发种子援助是否仍然合理？

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-10-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100638

Esther Smits , Rob Kuijpers , Justin Amos Miteng , David Deng Chol , Turo Thomas Mono , Nicola Francesconi

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Crowding-out effect of tobacco consumption on household food expenditures in Cameroon 喀麦隆烟草消费对家庭食品支出的挤出效应

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100635

Paul Tadzong Mouafo , Armand Mboutchouang Kountchou , Roger Tsafack Nanfosso

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Analysis of the ‘Good’ performance indicators of Non-Governmental Development Organizations 非政府发展组织 "良好 "绩效指标分析

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100639

Susana Álvarez-Otero, Emma Álvarez-Valle, Mar Arenas-Parra, Raquel Quiroga-García

{"title":"Analysis of the ‘Good’ performance indicators of Non-Governmental Development Organizations","authors":"Susana Álvarez-Otero, Emma Álvarez-Valle, Mar Arenas-Parra, Raquel Quiroga-García","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100639","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100639","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The current economic and political crisis has brought about a change in the environment in which Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGDOs) have traditionally operated. This change can be summed up as a reduction in the funds received accompanied by an increase in the population they must serve. It is thus important to possess mechanisms that allow an analysis of the excellent work performed by NGDOs. A knowledge of the NGDOs’ efficiency in managing previous projects can contribute to improving their future achievements. This research aims to establish some objective indicators that permit an evaluation of the efficiency of these organizations. Firstly, a detailed analysis of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) regulation is conducted. This allows us to synthesise the indicators of a good performance by an NGDO based on a study of the eligibility criteria of public donors. The study concludes that the internal good practices criteria of the NGDOs of the AECID can be grouped into four criteria: experience, transparency and internal operations, human resources, and financial resources. Subsequently, a global performance measure of the NGDOs is built using a multi-criteria decision-making approach that minimises the distance from an ideal point whilst maximising the distance from an anti-ideal point. Our approach has been applied in the evaluation of 20 Spanish NGDOs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 100639"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142419105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Voluntary sustainability standards and technical efficiency of Honduran smallholder coffee producers 洪都拉斯小农咖啡生产者的自愿可持续性标准和技术效率

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-10-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100637

David Navichoc , Mengistu Alamneh , Paulo Mortara Batistic , Thomas Dietz , Bernard Kilian

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Colonial status and income inequality in developing countries 发展中国家的殖民地地位和收入不平等

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World Development Perspectives Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100634

Boniface Ngah Epo, Fabrice Mvomo, Henri Ngoa Tabi, Henri Atangana Ondoa

{"title":"Colonial status and income inequality in developing countries","authors":"Boniface Ngah Epo, Fabrice Mvomo, Henri Ngoa Tabi, Henri Atangana Ondoa","doi":"10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100634","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100634","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper assesses the effect of the colonial status of ex-colonies, settler’s mortality rate, and duration of colonization on income inequality using a dataset comprising 78 developing countries over the period 1990 to 2019. We run Ordinary Least Square regressions on the cross-sectional data and subsequently test for sensitivity of the baseline model to historical, geographical as well as sociocultural factors. For robustness checks, we re-estimate the baseline model on a panel data setting using the Hausman Taylor estimator and a GMM linear dynamic panel data model that factors-in time-invariant historical and cultural variables. Results suggest that: (a) average increase in Gini income inequality for ex-settler’s colonies was higher when compared to ex-peasant colonies; (b) an extra year of the duration of colonization augmented typical overall income inequality and (c) the middling rise in income inequality of ex-British colonies was less than the other ex-colonies whilst ex-Spanish colonies posted an average increase in inequality that was higher than the other former colonies. Results were unaltered when we undertake sensitivity and robustness tests. Furthermore, colonial status mediates the relationships between Gini income inequality and settler’s mortality rate as well as Gini income inequality and duration of colonization. Thus, institutions established since colonization and perpetuated after independence have been more or less prone to incorporating redistribution (inequality) issues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37831,"journal":{"name":"World Development Perspectives","volume":"36 ","pages":"Article 100634"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142323689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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