Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: Does institutional design matter?

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dc.creatorAbate, Gashaw T.
dc.creatorRashid, Shahidur
dc.creatorBorzaga, Carlos
dc.creatorGetnet, Kindie
dc.date2015-03-06
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:47Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:08:46Z
dc.descriptionFinancial cooperatives and microfinance institutions (MFIs) are the two major sources of rural finance in Ethiopia. Whereas MFIs are relatively new, financial cooperatives have existed for centuries in various forms. The coexistence of two different institutions serving the same group of people, and delivering the same financial services, raises several policy questions. Those questions have become particularly relevant, as the government has embarked on developing a new strategy for improving rural financial services delivery. This study is expected to serve as an input to that policy discussion. Using a unique household survey dataset and the propensity-score-matching technique, we examine the impacts of the two financial service providers on agricultural technology adoption. The results suggest that access to institutional finance has significant positive impacts on both the adoption and extent of technology use.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150130
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95901
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153502
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153943
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156510
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134152
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154161
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAbate, Gashaw Tadesse; Rashid, Shahidur; Borzaga, Carlos and Getnet, Kindie. 2015. Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: Does institutional design matter? IFPRI Discussion Paper 1422. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150130
dc.subjectfinancial institutions
dc.subjectmicrofinance
dc.subjectinstitutional finance
dc.subjecttechnology adoption
dc.subjectbanks
dc.subjectagricultural technology
dc.subjectrural finance
dc.subjectpropensity score matching
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectfinance
dc.subjectimpact assessment
dc.titleRural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: Does institutional design matter?
dc.typeWorking Paper

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