Archives: Policy and Governance in Developing Countries

Friday, December 8, 2023

Vivian Hoffmann’s paper examines food-safety technology uptake by semi-subsistence farmers

Most farmers in Africa produce food both for their own consumption and for sale. We find that randomized a price incentive for safer food amplifies farmers’ intrinsic motivation to produce healthy food for their families, increasing adoption of an agricultural input that reduces risk of contamination with a cancer-causing fungal toxin. SPPA... More

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Vivian Hoffmann co-authors new paper examining drinking water contamination risk in Ethiopia

Unsafe water is responsible for over a million deaths each year. Characterizing households’ access to water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure is a critical first step toward addressing this problem SPPA Associate Professor Vivian Hoffmann is co-author on recent paper "Access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and drinking... More

Monday, July 24, 2023

Vivian Hofmann: Self-selection versus population-based sampling for evaluation of an agronomy training program in Uganda

By Vivian Hoffmann  Miki Khan Doan, Tomoko Harigaya Published online: 16 Jul 2023 Journal of Development Effectiveness https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2023.2236080 This is a methodological piece that describes a mechanism that allowed farmers to self-select into the study sample for a randomized controlled trial of agronomic training based on... More

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