Has IFPRI’s research decentralization strategy made a difference? An econometric study of African and Asian Countries, 1981–2014

Samuel Benin, Frank M. Place and Peter B.R. Hazell

No 44, Impact assessments from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This study uses country-level panel data on 57 countries in Africa and Asia from 1981 to 2014 to assess the relationships between IFPRI’s in-country presence (as measured by staff present) and various policy and outcome indicators in those countries. An econometric model with country fixed-effects, year fixed-effects, and country-specific time trends is used, controlling for several factors deemed to affect the different policy and outcome indicators such as the country’s research capacity, production environment and resources, political economy and institutions, and complementary investments.

Keywords: economic development; agricultural research; monitoring and evaluation; decentralization; developing countries; agricultural development; econometric models; impact assessment; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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