4 Shocks, Groups, and Networks in Bukidnon, the Philippines

Quisumbing, Agnes R.; McNiven, Scott; Godquin, Marie

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“…On the supply side, agents receiving remittances may be pushed to move away from their main activity or to diversify their agricultural production. On the demand side, they can spend remittances to maintain a minimum level of consumption during precipitation shocks and drought periods (Yang and Choi, 2005; Quisumbing et al ., 2008). The macroeconomic consequences of such behaviors remain undetermined.…”

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The ambiguous role of remittances in West African countries facing climate variability

Couharde¹,

Generoso²

2014

Envir. Dev. Econ.

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We investigate the consequences of remittances inflows on the macroeconomic performance of West African countries over the 1985–2007 period. We take into account the exposure of those countries to climate variability by estimating a PCHVAR model which allows heterogeneity between countries’ responses to rainfall shocks. Our results show that the impact of remittances on macroeconomic performance is highly sensitive to those shocks. In particular, when drought conditions prevail, remittances no longer exert any short-term spillover effects on growth and may increase a situation of economic dependence, by spurring agricultural imports.

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The ambiguous role of remittances in West African countries facing climate variability

Couharde¹,

Generoso²

2014

Envir. Dev. Econ.

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“…Moreover, international and skilled migrants tend to remit larger amounts of money, compared with regional or unskilled migrants (Deshingkar 2012), suggesting that such migrants may increase the inequality of initial conditions between poorer households and those that are able to educate and finance sending members abroad. Quisumbing, McNiven, and Godquin's (2012) longitudinal study in southern Bukidnon in the Philippines provides an example of how social networks can affect resilience. The 2004 round of a survey conducted by IFPRI and the Research Institute for Mindanao Culture, Xavier University, interviewed parents who were original respondents and households formed by children who no longer lived in their origin villages.…”

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Networks for resilience: The role of social capital

Bernier¹,

Meinzen-Dick²

2014

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established in 1975, provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. The Institute conducts research, communicates results, optimizes partnerships, and builds capacity to ensure sustainable food production, promote healthy food systems, improve markets and trade, transform agriculture, build resilience, and strengthen institutions and governance. Gender is considered in all of the Institute's work. IFPRI collaborates with partners around the world, including development implementers, public institutions, the private sector, and farmers' organizations.

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“…However, Shepherd (2007) warns against making business development for the poor part of social policy, because successful marketing often has to prioritize profits over equity or sustainability concerns. Besides, the private sector actors prefer to deal with farmers who have demonstrated capacity for commercial production, which by default often excludes the poorest, who are less likely to form groups in the first place because of the low asset endowments (including lower stocks of social capital), or may be excluded from existing and/or successful groups, especially those formed for economic purposes (Quisumbing, McNiven, & Godquin, 2008; Thorp et al., 2005).…”

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“…While collective marketing does enable smallholders to raise incomes through participating in more profitable markets, these smallholders may not represent the poorest layers of the rural communities. In fact, there is evidence that the poorest may be disadvantaged in the accumulation of not just physical and human capital, but social capital as well (Quisumbing et al., 2008), precluding them from benefitting from collective marketing. A study of producer associations in Madagascar also found that while group activities did raise returns from marketing, they did not facilitate entry of subsistence farmers into commercial farming (Cadot et al., 2006).…”

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Collective Action for Smallholder Market Access: Evidence and Implications for Africa

Markelova

Mwangi²

2010

Review of Policy Research

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It is widely acknowledged that the involvement of small farmers into markets can contribute to higher productivity and income growth, which in turn can enhance food security, poverty reduction efforts, and overall economic growth. In Africa, as in other parts of the developing world, agricultural production systems and their participants face significant challenges as a result of changing economic, environmental, and sociopolitical context. New dynamics in the global agricultural economy, such as the growth of supermarkets, are providing smallholders with both the new opportunities and new constraints to participate in and benefit from market exchanges. Collective action in the form of producer groups can enable African smallholders to take advantage of the new value chains and deal with existing market imperfections. However, certain conditions must be in place to create and sustain incentives for farmers to organize around marketing. Experiences from collective action in natural resource management (NRM) have shown that the types of markets and products, characteristics of user groups, institutional arrangements, and external environment need to be considered in order to determine the effectiveness and sustainability of collective marketing for smallholders. This paper applies the lessons from collective action in NRM to marketing, using existing case studies of producer groups in Africa, and offers policy recommendations on the factors that contribute to the success of collective marketing efforts. Copyright 2010 by The Policy Studies Organization.

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4 Shocks, Groups, and Networks in Bukidnon, the Philippines

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

The ambiguous role of remittances in West African countries facing climate variability

The ambiguous role of remittances in West African countries facing climate variability

Networks for resilience: The role of social capital

Collective Action for Smallholder Market Access: Evidence and Implications for Africa

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