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Small reservoirs are a critical coping mechanism in water-stressed rural areas in Africa, providing immense livelihood benefits that include improved food and water security, entrepreneurial activities and climate resilience. Challenges associated with the implementation of investments in small r...


Saruchera, DavisonLautze, Jonathan[Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment]Small reservoirs in Africa: a review and synthesis to strengthen future investment

This report summarizes the papers presented and the discussions that took place at the workshop on Institutional Learning and Change in the CGIAR held at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C. from February 4–6, 2003. The workshop brought to together research...


Mackay, R.Douglas, H.[Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, DC, February 4-6, 2003]Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, DC, February 4-6, 2003
Autor: Barahona, C.

This paper contains the technical and practical reflections of a statistician on the use of Randomised Control Trial designs (RCT) for evaluating the impact of development initiatives. It is divided into three parts. The first part discusses RCTs in impact evaluation, their origin, how they have ...


Barahona, C.[Randomised control trials for the impact evaluation of development initiatives: a statistician’s point of view]Randomised control trials for the impact evaluation of development initiatives: a statistician’s point of view

This paper documents the procedure and findings of an ex-ante assessment of key yam research options. Following the general methodology agreed for the RTB priority assessment, the economic surplus model was used to estimate benefits for the different scenarios. In the end, five research options w...


Abdoulaye, TahirouAlene, Arega D.Rusike, JosephAkinola, Adebayo A.[Strategic assessment of yam research priorities.]Strategic assessment of yam research priorities.

Most analytic tools used in assessing gains from investments in agricultural research either fail to take into consideration environmental impacts or, if they do, it is at a very limited level. The CGIAR Research Programs adopt a systems approach and require a fully integrated consideration of bi...


Rojas Lara, T.Regimi, A.Kleinwechter, U.[Literature review on the integration of ecosystem services in agricultural economic models]Literature review on the integration of ecosystem services in agricultural economic models
Meenakshi, J.V.Johnson, Nancy L.Manyong, Victor M.Groot, Hugo deJavelosa, J.Naher, FGonzález, C.García C., J.A.Meng, E[How cost-effective is biofortification in combating micronutrient malnutrition? an exante assessment]How cost-effective is biofortification in combating micronutrient malnutrition? an exante assessment
Bosma, R.H.Roothaert, Ralph L.Asis, PSanguinhon, JBinh, LHYen, VH[Economic and social benefits of new forage technologies in Mindanao, Philippines and Tuyen Quang, Vietnam]Economic and social benefits of new forage technologies in Mindanao, Philippines and Tuyen Quang, Vietnam

Financial cooperatives and microfinance institutions (MFIs) are the two major sources of rural finance in Ethiopia. Whereas MFIs are relatively new, financial cooperatives have existed for centuries in various forms. The coexistence of two different institutions serving the same group of people, ...


Abate, Gashaw TadesseRashid, S.Borzaga, C.Getnet, Kindie[Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: does institutional design matter?]Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: does institutional design matter?

The Koshi Basin, spread across China, Nepal and India, is perceived as having high potential for hydropower and irrigation development, both seen as ways to promote economic development in the region. This paper quantifies and assesses the past and projected future spatial and temporal water bala...


Bharati, LunaBhattarai, UtsavKhadka, AmbikaGurung, PabitraNeumann, L. E.Penton, D. J.Dhaubanjar, SanitaNepal, S.[From the mountains to the plains: impact of climate change on water resources in the Koshi River Basin]From the mountains to the plains: impact of climate change on water resources in the Koshi River Basin

Holmann, Federico J.Argel M., Pedro J.Pérez, E.[Beneficios de la adopción de pasturas mejoradas en fincas de pequeños productores en Centroamérica : Análisis expost]Beneficios de la adopción de pasturas mejoradas en fincas de pequeños productores en Centroamérica : Análisis expost

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