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    The Nigeria Fadama National Development Series : How to Build a Pilot into a National Program through Learning and Adaptation

     
    Hima, Halimatou; Santibanez, Claudio; Roshan, Sabrina; Lomme, Roland
    Over the last 20 years, poor rural farmers in Nigeria have seen the benefits of community organization as a tool for local economic development under the National Fadama Development Project series. They have witnessed improvements in rural areas that have embraced a ...
    Over the last 20 years, poor rural farmers in Nigeria have seen the benefits of community organization as a tool for local economic development under the Nationa ...
    Over the last 20 years, poor rural farmers in Nigeria have seen the benefits of community organization as a tool for local economic development under the National Fadama Development Project series. They have witnessed improvements in rural areas that have embraced a more inclusive and participatory model of local economic decision ...
    Mar, 2016
    157 downloads, 411 views
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    Working Paper

    Impacts on Poverty of Removing Fuel Import Subsidies in Nigeria

     
    Siddig, Khalid; Minor, Peter; Grethe, Harald; Aguiar, Angel; Walmsley, Terrie
    The petroleum sector contributes substantially to the Nigerian economy; however, the potential benefits are diminished because of the existence of significant subsidies on imports of petroleum products. Subsidies on imported petroleum products are considered to ...
    The petroleum sector contributes substantially to the Nigerian economy; however, the potential benefits are diminished because of the existence of significant su ...
    The petroleum sector contributes substantially to the Nigerian economy; however, the potential benefits are diminished because of the existence of significant subsidies on imports of petroleum products. Subsidies on imported petroleum products are considered to be an important instrument for keeping fuel prices, and hence the cost ...
    Jul, 2015
    537 downloads, 787 views
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    Working Paper

    Agricultural Technology Choice and Transport

     
    Ali, Rubaba; Barra, A. Federico; Berg, Claudia N.; Damania, Richard; Nash, John D.; Russ, Jason
    This paper addresses an old and recurring theme in development economics: the slow adoption of new technologies by farmers in many developing countries. The paper explores a somewhat novel link to explain this puzzle -- the link between market access and the incentive ...
    This paper addresses an old and recurring theme in development economics: the slow adoption of new technologies by farmers in many developing countries. The pape ...
    This paper addresses an old and recurring theme in development economics: the slow adoption of new technologies by farmers in many developing countries. The paper explores a somewhat novel link to explain this puzzle -- the link between market access and the incentives to adopt a new technology when there are non-convexities. The ...
    May, 2015
    425 downloads, 907 views
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    Can Agricultural Households Farm Their Way Out of Poverty?

     
    Oseni, Gbemisola; McGee, Kevin; Dabalen, Andrew
    This paper examines the determinants of agricultural productivity and its link to poverty using nationally representative data from the Nigeria General Household Survey Panel, 2010/11. The findings indicate an elasticity of poverty reduction with respect to agricultur ...
    This paper examines the determinants of agricultural productivity and its link to poverty using nationally representative data from the Nigeria General Household ...
    This paper examines the determinants of agricultural productivity and its link to poverty using nationally representative data from the Nigeria General Household Survey Panel, 2010/11. The findings indicate an elasticity of poverty reduction with respect to agricultural productivity of between 0.25 to 0.3 percent, implying that a ...
    Nov, 2014
    1056 downloads, 751 views
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    Working Paper

    Transport Infrastructure and Welfare : An Application to Nigeria

     
    Ali, Rubaba; Barra, Alvaro Federico; Berg, Claudia N.; Damania, Richard; Nash, John; Russ, Jason
    Transport infrastructure is deemed to be central to development and consumes a large fraction of the development assistance envelope. Yet there is debate about the economic impact of road projects. This paper proposes an approach to assess the differential development ...
    Transport infrastructure is deemed to be central to development and consumes a large fraction of the development assistance envelope. Yet there is debate about t ...
    Transport infrastructure is deemed to be central to development and consumes a large fraction of the development assistance envelope. Yet there is debate about the economic impact of road projects. This paper proposes an approach to assess the differential development impacts of alternative road construction and prioritize various ...
    May, 2015
    559 downloads, 712 views
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    Health Information, Treatment, and Worker Productivity : Experimental Evidence from Malaria Testing and Treatment among Nigerian Sugarcane Cutters

     
    Dillon, Andrew; Friedman, Jed; Serneels, Pieter
    Agricultural and other physically demanding sectors are important sources of growth in developing countries but prevalent diseases such as malaria adversely impact the productivity, labor supply, and choice of job tasks among workers by reducing physical capacity. ...
    Agricultural and other physically demanding sectors are important sources of growth in developing countries but prevalent diseases such as malaria adversely impa ...
    Agricultural and other physically demanding sectors are important sources of growth in developing countries but prevalent diseases such as malaria adversely impact the productivity, labor supply, and choice of job tasks among workers by reducing physical capacity. This study identifies the impact of malaria on worker earnings, lab ...
    Nov, 2014
    241 downloads, 381 views
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    Nigeria Agriculture and Rural Poverty : A Policy Note

     
    World Bank
    The Nigerian labor force, like that of many countries in Africa, is heavily concentrated in agriculture. According to World Bank reports, the agricultural sector in Nigeria grew by about 6.8 percent annually from 2005-2009. This report focuses on the char ...
    The Nigerian labor force, like that of many countries in Africa, is heavily concentrated in agriculture. According to World Bank reports, the agricultural sector ...
    The Nigerian labor force, like that of many countries in Africa, is heavily concentrated in agriculture. According to World Bank reports, the agricultural sector in Nigeria grew by about 6.8 percent annually from 2005-2009. This report focuses on the characteristics of the agricultural sector and rural households in Nigeria, and t ...
    May, 2014
    1226 downloads, 1556 views
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    Explaining Gender Differentials in Agricultural Production in Nigeria

     
    Oseni, Gbemisola; Corral, Paul; Goldstein, Markus; Winters, Paul
    This paper uses data from the General Household Survey Panel 2010/11 to analyze differences in agricultural productivity across male and female plot managers in Nigeria. The analysis utilizes the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method, which allows for decom ...
    This paper uses data from the General Household Survey Panel 2010/11 to analyze differences in agricultural productivity across male and female plot managers in ...
    This paper uses data from the General Household Survey Panel 2010/11 to analyze differences in agricultural productivity across male and female plot managers in Nigeria. The analysis utilizes the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method, which allows for decomposing the unconditional gender gap into (i) the portion caused by observable ...
    Mar, 2014
    460 downloads, 468 views
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    Nigeria Economic Report, No. 2, July 2014

     
    World Bank
    The Nigerian Economic Report (NER) is a regular publication of the World Bank. Each edition of the NER includes a macroeconomic overview and gives special attention to an additional topic of high policy relevance. In addition to macroeconomic performance, this edition ...
    The Nigerian Economic Report (NER) is a regular publication of the World Bank. Each edition of the NER includes a macroeconomic overview and gives special attent ...
    The Nigerian Economic Report (NER) is a regular publication of the World Bank. Each edition of the NER includes a macroeconomic overview and gives special attention to an additional topic of high policy relevance. In addition to macroeconomic performance, this edition of the NER focuses on recent releases of new statistical inform ...
    Jul, 2014
    2525 downloads, 1296 views
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    Gender Dimensions in Nigerian Agriculture

     
    Oseni, Gbemisola; Goldstein, Markus; Utah, Amarachi
    With a fast growing population requiring an ever growing supply of food, a national poverty rate of 63 percent, and a labor force that is dominated by agricultural work, Nigeria's efforts to boost agricultural productivity could not be better timed. Though ...
    With a fast growing population requiring an ever growing supply of food, a national poverty rate of 63 percent, and a labor force that is dominated by agricultur ...
    With a fast growing population requiring an ever growing supply of food, a national poverty rate of 63 percent, and a labor force that is dominated by agricultural work, Nigeria's efforts to boost agricultural productivity could not be better timed. Though women constitute a large share of the agricultural labor force in Nigeria, ...
    Oct, 2013
    511 downloads, 1250 views

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