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Institutional Barriers to Technology Diffusion in Rural Africa

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This paper analyzes the connection between informal insurance institutions in rural Africa and the adoption of new technologies. We model two linked games -- a community risk-sharing game and an old-age insurance game -- and analyze the multiple equilibria that arise. We provide a numerical example that indicates that informal insurance institutions may put a downward pressure on the adoption of new technologies.

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  • Baker, Erin, 2005. "Institutional Barriers to Technology Diffusion in Rural Africa," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19144, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea05:19144
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.19144
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    1. Akpabio, Iniobong A. & Etim, Nsikak-Abasi A. & Okon, Sunday, 2012. "Perceptions of Constraints Affecting Adoption of Women-in-Agriculture Programme Technologies in the Niger Delta, Nigeria," International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development (IJAMAD), Iranian Association of Agricultural Economics, vol. 2(3).

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