Decentralised innovation systems and poverty reduction: experimental evidence from Central Africa
We use experimental data to investigate whether a decentralised approach to promoting innovation in central African agriculture outperforms conventional extension ap proaches. Our main result is that this decentralised approach, based on so-called innova tion platforms, is effective in reducing poverty – more effective than conventional extension approaches. However, we also document considerable heterogeneity in terms of platform performance.
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015-02-01
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| Subjects: | poverty, innovation systems, agriculture, impact assessment, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116000 https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbu007 |
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