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What do RCTs of Market Information Systems actually evaluate?

There are now quite a number of experimental designs and RCTs (randomized controlled trials) of market information systems measuring revenue gained by rural agriculturalists (farmers, fishermen) and traders. While some show improvements to the prices farmers get for their crops, others disappointingly show a lack of impact. There are also Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsJune 1, 2015 ago
Farming

The ‘Myth of Market Price Information’ at the CRS ICT4D conference

A warm welcome to visitors who’ve found their way to this page from the Catholic Relief Services ICT4D conference. To know more about the objectives of this 5+ year research project visit our about page. If you are involved in an ICT4D project in the domain of agricultural, markets, and Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsMay 27, 2015 ago
Farming

Chris Foster on ‘Thinking about market information systems’ in Rwanda’s tea sector

Reposting this entry from The Connectivity, Inclusion, and Inequality Group blog at the Oxford Internet Institute. (see the original post here and download the full report on connectivity and the tea sector in Rwanda) by Chris Foster Market information systems are growing in popularity as an intervention by governments, NGOs Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 8 yearsMay 20, 2015 ago
Fishing

Revisiting the fishers of Kerala: understanding diverse uses of mobile phones and definitions of welfare

This month Janaki Srinivasan presented at the ICTD conference on her project revisiting the site of a canonical study on mobile phone use by fishermen in north Kerala. The original study (by economist Rob Jensen) showed compelling evidence that fishermen used mobile phones to check prices at different beach landing Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 9 yearsDecember 29, 2013 ago
Farming

The Myth of Market Price Information: A Working Paper

Our first comparative case bringing together findings from fieldwork (by Jenna Burrell and Elisa Oreglia) among rural farmers in Hebei and Shandong provinces in China and fishermen and fish traders at Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga in Uganda. The working paper is titled “The Myth of Market Price Information: Mobile Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 10 yearsMarch 8, 2013 ago
M-Banking

The Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion Conference 2012

Note: Three members of our team (Ishita Ghosh, Jenna Burrell, and Janaki Srinivasan) attended the IMTFI conference Dec 5th-7th at UC-Irvine as recipients of IMTFI research grants. This year’s annual conference at the Institute of Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) showcased projects from around the world. While attending the conference, Read more…

By , 10 yearsJanuary 8, 2013 ago
Farming

USAID Webinar: Mobile Market Information Systems

Mobile market information systems for farmers: demand- or offer-driven? Market information systems (MIS) have become a very hot topic in development circles, with a wealth of private and public initiatives to bring market prices to farmers in developing regions via mobile phones. I am very intrigued and very curious about Read more…

By Elisa Oreglia, 10 yearsOctober 18, 2012 ago
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