Love thy neighbour? Evidence from ethnic discrimination in information sharing within villages in Côte d’Ivoire
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There is an increasing amount of evidence that suggests that a fundamental source of information for farmers on how to access and use new agricultural technologies comes from observing their neighbours. Economic research on adoption of innovations in a rural context has only partially addressed the issue of how the social structure of a village can a¤ect adoption and the ...nal impact on productivity of farmers. This paper investigates the role of proximity interpreted not only in geographical terms but also along the line of ethnic similarities among neighbours (what we de...ne as “social proximity”). We use a panel dataset collected in Côte d’Ivoire to de...ne the probability to have access to the knowledge network. The main results indicate that farmers from ethnic minorities are less likely to access, and bene...t less from, extension services. But they seem to try to re-equalize their condition by putting more e¤ort than dominant ethnic group neighbours in sharing information among themselves. ¤Centre for the Study of African Economies Oxford University. E-mail: [email protected]. This paper bene...ted from helpful feedback from Marcel Fafchamps, Gershon Feder, Hans Binswanger, Chris Udry, Chris Barett and from participants of seminars in Oxford, Cambridge and at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and Abidjan. I am most grateful for the World Bank’s ...nancial support for the project.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002