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 approaches. Our main result is that this decentralised approach, based on so-called innovation 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: | Article/Letter to editor biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Adoption of agricultural innovations, Bottom-up versus top-down, Impact assessment, Innovation systems, Participatory development, Poverty, |
| Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/decentralised-innovation-systems-and-poverty-reduction-experiment |
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