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Learning from Self and Learning from Others: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorKondylis, Florence
dc.contributor.authorLoeser, John Ashton
dc.contributor.authorMobarak, Mushfiq
dc.contributor.authorJones, Maria Ruth
dc.contributor.authorStein, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-16T20:28:44Z
dc.date.available2023-08-16T20:28:44Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-16
dc.description.abstractCan decentralizing demonstration accelerate learning about new technologies This paper randomizes access to a fixed demonstration kit for new flood-saline-resilient seeds across villages in Bangladesh, with demonstration either by a single farmer or spread across many farmers. In the short run, higher learning from self and others under decentralization increases technology adoption. In the long run, the impacts of any demonstration persist, but the additional impacts of decentralization vanish. A Bayesian model of learning the returns to a new technology suggests belief dispersion caused noisy adoption along the learning path, and farmers’ expected gains from demonstration are four times higher under decentralization.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099859108102328324/IDU01b511bf60206204197098e30c0ea53ab56d1
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10545
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40221
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10545
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectDEMONSTRATION PLOT
dc.subjectSALINE-RESISTANT SEED
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
dc.subjectBAYESIAN LEARNING MODEL
dc.subjectTEACHING FARM METHODS
dc.titleLearning from Self and Learning from Othersen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Bangladeshen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleLearning from Self and Learning from Others: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2023-08-10
okr.date.lastmodified2023-08-10T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099859108102328324/IDU01b511bf60206204197098e30c0ea53ab56d1
okr.guid099859108102328324
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10545
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10545
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34133722
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34133722
okr.identifier.reportWPS10545
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Extension
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Knowledge & Information Systems
okr.topicAgriculture::Agriculture & Farming Systems
okr.topicAgriculture::Climate Change and Agriculture
okr.unitDIME Econ Transformation &Growth (DIME1)
okr.unitDIME Gender
okr.unitEco Opp & Fragility (DIME2)
okr.unitDIME Governance & Inst Building (DIME3)
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