40 records from EconBiz based on author Name

1. The unintended consequences of agricultural input intensification : human health implications of agro-chemical use in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sheahan, Megan; Barrett, Christopher B.; Goldvale, Casey;
2016
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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2. Understanding the Agricultural Input Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa : Recent Plot, Household, and Community-Level Evidence

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Conventional wisdom holds that Sub-Saharan African farmers use few modern inputs despite the fact that most growth-inducing and poverty-reducing agricultural growth in the region is expected to come largely from expanded use of inputs that embody improved technologies, particularly improved seed, fertilizers and other agro-chemicals, machinery, and irrigation. Yet following several years of high food prices, concerted policy efforts to intensify fertilizer and hybrid seed use, and increased public and private investment in agriculture, how low is modern input use in Africa really? This paper revisits Africa's agricultural input landscape, exploiting the unique, recently collected, nationally representative, agriculturally intensive, and cross-country comparable Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture covering six countries in the region (Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda). The study uses data from more than 22,000 households and 62,000 plots to investigate a range of commonly held conceptions about modern input use in Africa, distilling the most striking and important findings into 10 key takeaway descriptive results

Sheahan, Megan; Barrett, Christopher B.; Sheahan, Megan Britney;
2020
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3. Quasi-experimental evidence on the drivers of index-based livestock insurance demand in Southern Ethiopia

Takahashi, Kazushi; Ikegami, Munenobu; Sheahan, Megan; Barrett, Christopher B.;
2014
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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4. The political economy of MGNREGS spending in Andhra Pradesh

Sheahan, Megan; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B.; Narayanan, Sudha;
2014
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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5. Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh

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Are ostensibly demand-driven public works programs with high levels of safeguards nonetheless susceptible to political influence? This conjecture is investigated using expenditure data at the local level from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Focusing on one state where accountability and transparency mechanisms have been employed and implementation efforts have been widely applauded, there is no evidence of partisan-influenced spending before the 2009 election however a statistically significant but small in magnitude effect after the 2009 election. Most variation in public works expenditures is explained by the observed needs of potential beneficiaries, as the scheme intended

Sheahan, Megan; Liu, Yanyan; Narayanan, S.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Sheahan, Megan;
2016
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Citations: 1 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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6. Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh

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Are ostensibly demand-driven public works programs with high levels of safeguards nonetheless susceptible to politi al influence?We investigate this conjecture using expenditure data at the local level from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Focusing on one state where accountability and transparency mechanisms have been employed and implementation efforts have been widely applauded, we find no evidence of partisan-influenced spending before the 2009 election and find that the political leaning of a mandal played only a small part in fund distribution after the 2009 election. Most variation in public works expenditures is explained by the observed needs of potential beneficiaries, as the scheme intended

Sheahan, Megan; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B.; Narayanan, S.;
2018
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7. Empirical assessment of subjective and objective soil fertility metrics in east Africa : implications for researchers and policy makers

Berazneva, Julia; McBride, Linden; Sheahan, Megan; Güereña, David;
2018
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
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Citations: 32 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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8. Preferential resource spending under an employment guarantee : the political economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh

Sheahan, Megan; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B.; Narayanan, S.;
2018
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
Availability: Link
Citations: 2 (based on OpenCitations) Cited By

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9. What is the scope for increased fertilizer use in Kenya?

Sheahan, Megan; Black, J. Roy; Jayne, Thomas S.;
2012
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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10. Preferential Resource Spending Under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of Mgnregs in Andhra Pradesh

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Are ostensibly demand-driven public works programs with high levels of safeguards nonetheless susceptible to political influence? This conjecture is investigated using expenditure data at the local level from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Focusing on one state where accountability and transparency mechanisms have been employed and implementation efforts have been widely applauded, there is no evidence of partisan-influenced spending before the 2009 election however a statistically significant but small in magnitude effect after the 2009 election. Most variation in public works expenditures is explained by the observed needs of potential beneficiaries, as the scheme intended

Sheahan, Megan; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B.; Narayanan, S.;
2017
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