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Measuring the impacts of agricultural research on poverty reduction
Author(s) -
Alwang Jeffrey,
Siegel Paul B.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2003.tb00143.x
Subject(s) - poverty reduction , poverty , agriculture , consistency (knowledge bases) , economics , resource (disambiguation) , public economics , environmental economics , natural resource economics , business , economic growth , computer science , geography , computer network , archaeology , artificial intelligence
Policymakers are increasingly calling upon agricultural research managers to consider poverty reduction objectives when making resource allocations. The authors present a simple method to measure the impact of agricultural research on the poor. This method has the advantage that it presents the results in a manner consistent with commonly used measures of poverty. This consistency and focus should facilitate and enhance dialogue between policymakers and research managers when deciding on resource allocations and assessing impacts on poverty reduction. An illustrative application is presented using data from Malawi.