Myanmar has experienced a sequence of dire crises beginning in 2019 including the unexpected closure of a principal trade route, COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions, and a military coup leading to years of disruptions in the banking and tra
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Evaluating the gendered credit constraints and uptake of an insurance-linked credit product
Smallholder farmers in low- and medium-income countries lack sufficient access to agricultural production credit that can help them adopt new technologies and improve their farm production.
Un tema recurrente, y aún pendiente de atender, en la agenda pública agraria y rural en el Perú, y en buena parte de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), ha sido el de las finanzas, y sobre todo del crédito con fines productivos.
The agricultural sector in Nigeria is characterized by low productivity that is driven by low use of modern agricultural technologies, such as improved seed, chemical fertilizer, agrochemicals, and agricultural machinery.
This report presents results from by far the most comprehensive survey of maize cultivators ever conducted in Myanmar.
Building resilience through climate risk insurance: Insights from agricultural research for development
Scaling insurance to transfer climate risk from the rural poor to financial markets is vital to enhance agricultural risk management in developing countries, but insurance programs need to address several challenges in order to improve resilience
Para alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) en el espacio rural de América Latina y el Caribe es cuando menos necesario responder las siguientes interrogantes: ¿Cuál es el marco de políticas macroeconómicas y sectoriales que pueden
Credit constraints and agricultural productivity in developing countries: The case of East Africa
Sustained agricultural growth is crucial for reducing hunger and poverty in East Africa, where majority of the population rely on agriculture for their livelihood.
Credit markets are key instruments by which liquidity constrained smallholder farmers may finance productivity investments.
In this study, we contribute to such efforts to enhance the use of tractors in Africa by describing the key characteristics of markets for tractors in Nigeria.
Fish farming (aquaculture) has grown rapidly in Myanmar over the last two decades and plays an increasingly important role in national fish supply, but its technical and economic characteristics have been little studied.
Rural transformation in central Myanmar: Results from the rural economy and agriculture dry zone community survey
Public infrastructure development since 2011 has been extremely rapid, reflecting changing budgetary priorities at the union level.
The impact of micro-credit interventions on existing credit markets is theoretically ambiguous. Previous empirical work suggests the entry of a joint-liability lender may lead to a positive impact on the informal lending rate.
Cash transfers and health: evidence from Tanzania
Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: A review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps
This paper reviews the agricultural policy environment in Myanmar up until 2014 with an eye towards identifying policies that can help to accelerate productivity and profitability in the agricultural sector.
Aquaculture in transition: Value chain transformation, fish and food security in Myanmar
Fish farming (aquaculture) is important to Myanmar’s food security and is developing and transforming quickly.
US farm policy and risk assistance
Insurance motives to remit
Migration and remittances can be used by rural households as a means of insurance, investment, and income augmentation.