Rural Finance and Agricultural Technology Adoption in Ethiopia: Does the Institutional Design of Lending Organizations Matter?

World Development

Volumn 84, Issue , 2016, Pages 235-253

  Abate, Gashaw Tadesse ^a   Rashid, Shahidur ^b   Borzaga, Carlo ^c,d   Getnet, Kindie ^e  

^a International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d European Research Institute on Cooperatives and Social Enterprises (Euricse)   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agricultural technology adoption; Ethiopia; Impact analysis; Institutional finance; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FARM SIZE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL FINANCE; SMALLHOLDER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84962137550     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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