rural transformation

RURAL TRANSFORMATION

Webinar
October 26, 2018
WEBINAR: Do medium and large-scale farms generate income spillovers for rural households? The case of Tanzania
Land acquisitions by foreign and local investors has generated much speculation about the impacts on smallholder households and rural communities. Jordan Chamberlin (CIMMYT) presents a study that aims to determine the impact of farm structure on rural household incomes in Tanzania.
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Events
August 22, 2018
PIM workshop at ICAE 2018 explored challenges and opportunities for rural transformation in the 21st century
On July 28, as part of the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE), the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) held a pre-conference workshop titled Rural Transformation in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Low-Income, Late-Transforming Countries. The workshop was organized in fulfillment of PIM’s Second Phase (2017-2022) commitment to convene annual meetings of social scientists from across CGIAR, and became the second event in the series.
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Blog
March 14, 2018
PIM pre-conference workshop on rural transformation at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists 2018: Selected papers
PIM will convene a pre-conference workshop "Rural Transformation in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Low-Income, Late-Transforming Countries" as part of the 2018 International Conference of Agricultural Economists (July 28 - August 2, 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada). Check the list of papers selected for the workshop through an open competitive call.
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Blog
March 12, 2018
Journal article: Small firms, structural change and labor productivity growth in Africa: Evidence from Tanzania
Africa’s impressive economic performance over the past two decades has been accompanied by a proliferation of small firms, many of which operate in the informal sector. The new paper contributes to the understanding of the role that small firms play in a rapidly growing, but still poor, African economy.
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Blog
October 30, 2017
PIM pre-conference workshop on rural transformation at the International Conference of Agricultural Economists 2018: Call for papers
PIM will organize a pre-conference symposium "Rural Transformation in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Low-Income, Late-Transforming Countries" as part of the next International Conference of Agricultural Economists. The symposium will be convened as the Second Annual Social Science Conference of CGIAR. Contributions are invited from CGIAR scientists, research partners, and IAAE members.
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Blog
October 16, 2017
International Day of Rural Women: Women’s land rights need to be at heart of tenure reforms to help eradicate poverty
Why are land rights so important to rural women? Quite simply, land is the most valuable asset among many rural people and households, as land is the foundation of rural livelihoods.
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Blog
May 25, 2017
Webinar recording: The rise of medium-scale farms in Africa
This webinar by Prof. Thomas Jayne (MSU) on May 23, 2017 highlighted the causes and consequences of changing farm size
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