Abate, G. T., Bernard, T., Brauw, A., & Minot, N. (2018). The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers' wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial. Agricultural Economics, 49, 409–421. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12425.
Alem, Y., & Broussard, N. H. (2013). Do safety nets promote technology adoption? Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia. Working Papers 556, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
Ali, A., & Muhammad, S. (2012). Impact of farmer field schools on adoption of integrated pest management practices among cotton farmers in Pakistan. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 17(3), (2012) 498–513.
Ali, A., & Rahut, D. B. (2013). Impact of agricultural extension services on technology adoption and crops yield: Empirical evidence from Pakistan. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 3(11), 801–812.
Allcott, H. (2015). Site selection bias in program evaluation. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(3), (2015) 1117–1165.
Ambler, K., de Brauw, A., & Godlonton, S. (2017). Cash transfers and management advice for agriculture: Evidence from Senegal. IFPRI discussion papers, 1659, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Anderson‐Macdonald, S., Chandy, R., & Zia, B. (2018). Pathways to profits: The impact of marketing vs. finance skills on business performance. Management Science, 64, 5559–5583. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2920.
Aramburu, J., Garone, L. F., Maffioli, A., Salazar, L., & Lopez, C. A. (2019). Direct and spillover effects of agricultural technology adoption programs: Experimental evidence from the Dominican Republic. IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB‐WP‐971.
Ashraf, N., Giné, X., & Karlan, D. (2009). Finding missing markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an export crop adoption and marketing intervention in Kenya. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91(4), 973–990.
Atkin, D., Chaudhry, A., Chaudry, S., Khandelwal, A. K., & Verhoogen, E. (2017). Organizational barriers to technology adoption: Evidence from soccer‐ball producers in Pakistan. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132(3), 1101–1164. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx010.
Banerjee, A. V., Duflo, E., Glennerster, R., & Kinnan, C. (2015). The miracle of microfinance? Evidence from a randomized evaluation. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 7(1), 22–53.
Beaman, L. A., BenYishay, A., Magruder, J., & Mobarak, A. M. (2018). Can network theory‐based targeting increase technology adoption? Working Paper no. w24912, National Bureau of Economics Research, Inc.
Beaman, L. A., Magruder, J., & Robinson, J. (2014). Minding small change among small firms in Kenya. Journal of Development Economics, 108(C), 69–86.
Beaman, L., Karlan, D., Thuysbaert, B., & Udry, C. (2013). Profitability of fertilizer: Experimental evidence from female rice farmers in Mali. American Economic Review, 103(3), 381–386.
- Beaman, L., Karlan, D., Thuysbaert, B., & Udry, C. (2015). Selection into credit markets: Evidence from agriculture in Mali. Working Paper, Northwestern University: Evanston, IL, USA.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- BenYishay, A., & Mobarak, A. M. (2018). Social learning and incentives for experimentation and communication. The Review of Economic Studies, 86(3), 976–1009.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Benyishay, A., Jones, M. R., Kondylis, F., & Mobarak, A. M. (2016). Are gender differences in performance innate or socially mediated? Policy Research Working Paper Series 7689, The World Bank.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Berge, L., Ivar, O., Kjetil, B., & Bertil, T. (2014). Human and financial capital for microenterprise development: Evidence from a field and lab experiment. Management Science, 61(4), 707–722.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Bernard, T., De Janvry, A., Mbaye, S., & Sadoulet, E. (2016). Product market reforms and technology adoption by senegalese onion producers. Working Paper Series, qt9wj41042, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
Biggeri, M., Burchi, F., Ciani, F., & Herrmann, R. (2018). Linking small‐scale farmers to the durum wheat value chain in Ethiopia: Assessing the effects on production and wellbeing. Food Policy, Elsevier 79(C), 77–91.
Blair, R., Fortson, K., Lee, J., & Rangarajan, A. (2013, August). Should foreign aid fund agricultural training? Evidence from Armenia. Mathematica Policy Research Working Paper, 19.
Bloom, N., Draca, M., & Van Reenen, J. (2016). Trade induced technical change? The impact of Chinese imports on innovation, IT and productivity. The Review of Economic Studies, 83(1), 87–117.
Bloom, N., Eifert, B., Mahajan, A., McKenzie, D., & Roberts, J. (2013). Does management matter? Evidence from India. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 128(1), 1–51.
- Borenstein, M., Hedges, V. L., Higgins, T. P., & Rothstein, R. H. (2009). Introduction to meta‐analysis. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470743386.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Brooks, W., Donovan, K. M., & Johnson, T. (2016). The dynamics of inter‐firm skill transmission among Kenyan microenterprises. Working Paper, Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Bruhn, M., & Zia, B. (2013). Stimulating managerial capital in emerging markets: The impact of business training for young entrepreneurs. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 5(2), 232–266.
Bruhn, M., Karlan, D., & Schoar, A. (2018). The impact of consulting services on small and medium enterprises: Evidence from a randomized trial in Mexico. Journal of Political Economy, 126(2), 635–687.
Cai, J., & Szeidl, A. (2018). Interfirm relationships and business performance. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(3), 1229–1282.
- Campos, F., Frese, M., Goldstein, M., Iacovone, L., Johnson, H. C., McKenzie, D., & Mensmann, M. (2017). Teaching personal initiative beats traditional training in boosting small business in West Africa. Science, 357(6357), 1287–1290.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Carter, M. R., Laajaj, R., & Yang, D. (2014). Subsidies and the persistence of technology adoption: Field experimental evidence from Mozambique. National Bureau of Economic Research, No. w20465.
- Casaburi, L., Kremer, M., Mullainathan, S., & Ramrattan, R. (2019). Harnessing ict to increase agricultural production: Evidence from Kenya. Working Paper, Harvard University.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Chudnovsky, D., López, A., Rossi, M., & Ubfal, D. (2011). Evaluating a program of public funding of private innovation activities: An econometric study of FONTAR in Argentina. IDB Publications (Working Papers), 2829, Inter‐American Development Bank.
Cirera, X., & Maloney, W. F. (2017). The innovation paradox. Developing‐countries capabilities and the unrealized promise of technological catch‐up. World Bank Group Publication.
- Cirera, X., Cruz, M., Beisswenger, S., & Schueler, G. (2017). Technology adoption in developing countries in the age of industry 4.0. Unpublished manuscript, World Bank Group.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Cole, S. A., & Fernando, A. (2016). Mobile'izing agricultural advice: Technology adoption, diffusion and sustainability. Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper, No. 13‐047.
Conley, T. G., & Udry, C. R. (2010). Learning about a new technology: Pineapple in Ghana. American Economic Review, 100(1), 35–69.
- Crouzet, N., Gupta, A., & Mezzanotti, F. (2019). Shocks and technology adoption: Evidence from electronic payment systems. Working Paper, Northwestern University.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Cruz, M., Bussolo, M., & Iacovone, L. (2018). Organizing knowledge to compete. Journal of international economics, 111(C), 1–20.
Dalton, P., Pamuk, H., van Soest, D., Ramrattan, R., & Uras, B. (2018). Payment technology adoption by SMEs, experimental evidence from Kenya's mobile money. DFID Working Paper, Tilburg University.
- Dalton, P., Zia, B., Rüschenpöhler, J., & Uras, B. (2018). Learning business practices from peers: Experimental evidence from small‐scale retailers in an emerging market. DIFD Working Paper, Tilburg University.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Das, S., Krishna, K., Lychagin, S., & Somanathan, R. (2013). Back on the rails: Competition and productivity in state‐owned industry. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5(1), 136–162.
de Mel, S., McKenzie, D., & Woodruff, C. (2012). Business training and female enterprise start‐up, growth, and dynamics: Experimental evidence from Sri Lanka. Policy Research Working Papers, The World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-6145.
- de Rochambeau, G. (2017). Monitoring and intrinsic motivation: Evidence from Liberia's trucking firms. Working Paper, Columbia University.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Dehejia, R. (2015). Experimental and non‐experimental methods in development economics: A porous dialectic. Journal of Globalization and Development, 6(1), 47–69.
Drexler, A., Fischer, G., & Schoar, A. (2014). Keeping it simple: Financial literacy and rules of thumb. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(2), 1–31.
Duflo, E., Kremer, M., & Robinson, J. (2011). Nudging farmers to use fertilizer: Theory and experimental evidence from Kenya. American Economic Review, 101(6), 2350–2390.
- Emerick, K., de Janvry, A., Sadoulet, E., & Dar, M. (2016b). Identifying early adopters, enhancing learning, and the diffusion of agricultural technology. Public documents, World Bank, 3, 3315.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Emerick, K., de Janvry, A., Sadoulet, E., & Dar, M. H. (2016a). Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture. American Economic Review, 106(6), 1537–1561.
- Fafchamps, M., & Minten, B. (2012). Impact of SMS‐based agricultural information on Indian farmers. The World Bank Economic Review, 26(3), 383–414.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Feder, G., Murgai, R., & Quizon, J. (2003). Sending farmers back to school: The impact of farmer field schools in Indonesia. Policy Research Working Paper No. 3022, The World Bank.
Field, E., Jayachandran, S., & Pande, R. (2010). Do traditional institutions constrain female entrepreneurship? A field experiment on business training in India. American Economic Review, 100(2), 125–129.
Fischer, E., & Qaim, M. (2012). Linking smallholders to markets: Determinants and impacts of farmer collective action in Kenya. World Development, 40(6), 1255–1268.
Fishman, R., Smith, S. C., Bobić, V., & Sulaiman, M. (2017). How sustainable are benefits from extension for smallholder farmers? Evidence from a randomized phase‐out of the BRAC program in Uganda. Working Paper No. 10641, IZA.
Foster, A., & Rosenzweig, M. (2010). Microeconomics of technology adoption. Annual Reviews of Economics, 2(1), 395–424.
Foster, L., Haltiwanger, J., & Syverson, C. (2008). Reallocation, firm turnover, and efficiency: Selection on productivity or profitability? American Economic Review, 98(1), 394–425.
- Francesconi, G. N., & Heerink, N. (2010). Ethiopian agricultural cooperatives in an era of global commodity exchange: Does organisational form matter? Journal of African Economies, 20(1), 153–177.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Freudenreich, H., & Mußhoff, O. (2018). Insurance for technology adoption: An experimental evaluation of schemes and subsidies with maize farmers in Mexico. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 69(1), 96–120.
- Fuglie, K., Gautam, M., Goyal, A., & Maloney, W. F. (2019). Harvesting prosperity: Technology and productivity growth in agriculture. World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32350.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Geroski, P. A. (2000). Models of technology diffusion. Research Policy, 29(4‐5), 603–625.
Giné, X., & Dean, Y. (2009). Insurance, credit, and technology adoption: Field experimental evidence from Malawi. Journal of Development Economics, 89(1), 1–11.
Gine, X., & Mansuri, G. (2014). Money or ideas? A field experiment on constraints to entrepreneurship in rural Pakistan. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6959. Available from SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2461015.
Hanna, R., Mullainathan, S., & Schwartzstein, J. (2014). Learning through noticing: Theory and evidence from a field experiment. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(3), 1311–1353.
- Hardy, M., & McCasland, J. (2018). It takes two: Experimental evidence on the determinants of technology diffusion. Working Paper, University of British Columbia.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Hausmann, R., & Rodrik, D. (2003). Economic development as self‐discovery. Journal of Development Economics, 72(2), 603–633.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Herbert‐Copley, B. (1990). Technical change in Latin American manufacturing firms: Review and synthesis. World development, 18(11), 1457–1469.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Higgins, S. (2019). Financial technology adoption and retailer competition. Working Paper, Northwestern University.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Higuchi, Y., Mhede, E. P., & Sonobe, T. (2019). Short‐and medium‐run impacts of management training: An experiment in Tanzania. World development, 114, 220–236.
Hjort, J., & Poulsen, J. (2019). The arrival of fast internet and employment in Africa. American Economic Review, 109(3), 1032–1079.
- Hombrados, J., & Waddington, H. (2012). A tool to assess risk of bias in experimental and quasi‐experimental research. Mimeo, 3ie.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Hossain, M., Malek, M. A., Hossain, M. A., Reza, M. H., & Ahmed, M. S. (2016). Impact assessment of credit program for the tenant farmers in Bangladesh: Evidence from a field experiment. Working Paper No. CIRJE‐F‐1025. CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
- Iacovone, L., Maloney, W. F., & Mckenzie, D. J. (2019). Improving management with individual and group‐based consulting: Results from a randomized experiment in Colombia. Policy Research Working Papers, The World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8854.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- IADB (2016). La política de innovación en América Latina y el Caribe. Nuevos caminos. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/7705.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Islam, A., Ushchev, P., Zenou, Y., & Zhang, X. (2018). The value of information in technology adoption: Theory and evidence from Bangladesh. CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13419, Centre for Economic Policy and Research.
Jack, B. K., Oliva, P., Severen, C., Walker, E., & Bell, S. (2015). Technology adoption under uncertainty: Take‐up and subsequent investment in Zambia. NBER Working Papers, 21414, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Karlan, D., & Valdivia, M. (2011). Teaching entrepreneurship: Impact of business training on microfinance clients and institutions. Review of Economics and Statistics, 93(2), 510–527.
Karlan, D., Knight, R., & Udry, C. (2015). Consulting and capital experiments with microenterprise tailors in Ghana. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 118, 281–302.
Karlan, D., Osei, R., Osei‐Akoto, I., & Udry, C. (2014). Agricultural decisions after relaxing credit and risk constraints. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129(2), 597–652.
Keller, W. (2004). International technology diffusion. Journal of Economic Literature, 42(3), 752–782.
- Kelley, E. M., Lane, D., & Schonholzer, D. (2018). The impact of monitoring technologies on contracts and employee behaviour: Experimental evidence from Kenya's transit industry. Working Paper, Corpus ID: 199524660, Semantic Scholar.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Kiiza, B., & Pederson, G. (2012). ICT‐based market information and adoption of agricultural seed technologies: Insights from Uganda. Telecommunications Policy, 36(4), 253–259.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Kondylis, F., Valerie, M., & Zhu, J. (2017). Seeing is believing? Evidence from an extension network experiment. Journal of Development Economics, 125(C), 1–20.
Larochelle, C., Alwang, J., Travis, E., Barrera, V. H., & Dominguez Andrade, J. M. (2019). Did you really get the message? Using text reminders to stimulate adoption of agricultural technologies. The Journal of Development Studies, 55(4), 548–564.
Leuveld, K., Nillesen, E., Pieters, J., Ross, M., Voors, M., & Wang Soone, E. (2018). Agricultural extension and input subsidies to reduce food insecurity. Evidence from a field experiment in the Congo. MERIT Working Papers 009, United Nations University‐Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
- Maertens, A., Michelson, H., & Nourani, V. (2018) How do farmers learn from extension services? Evidence from Malawi. Working Paper. Available at SSRN at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3321171.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Magnan, N., Spielman, D. J., Lybbert, T. J., & Gulati, K. (2013). Leveling with friends: Social networks and indian farmers demand for agricultural custom hire services. IFPRI Discussion Papers 1302, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Mano, Y., Iddrisu, A., Yoshino, Y., & Sonobe, T. (2012). How can micro and small enterprises in sub‐Saharan Africa become more productive? The impacts of experimental basic managerial training. World Development, 40(3), 458–468.
McKenzie, D. (2017). Identifying and spurring high‐growth entrepreneurship: Experimental evidence from a business plan competition. American Economic Review, 107(8), 2278–2307.
Meager, R. (2019). Understanding the average impact of microcredit expansions: A Bayesian hierarchical analysis of seven randomized experiments. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11(1), 57–91.
- Miyata, S., & Sawada, Y. (2007). Learning, risk and credit in households' new technology investments: The case of aquaculture in rural Indonesia. Working Paper. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Nakasone, E., & Torero, M. (2014). Soap operas for female micro entrepreneur training. MPRA Paper 61302, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Obayelu, A., Ajayi, O., Oluwalana, E., & Ogunmola, O. (2017). What does literature say about the determinants of adoption of agricultural technologies by smallholders farmers? Agricultural Research & Technology Open Access Journal, 6(1), 555676.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Ogunniyi, A., Oluseyi, O. K., Adeyemi, O., Kabir, S. K., & Phillips, F. (2017). Scaling up agricultural innovation for inclusive livelihood and productivity outcomes in Sub‐Saharan. Africa: The case of Nigeria. African Development Review, 29(S2), 121–134.
- Oliveira, T., & Martins, M. F. (2011). Literature review of information technology adoption models at firm level. The Electronic Journal Information Systems Evaluation, 14(1), 110–121.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Piza, C., Cravo, T. A., Taylor, L., Gonzalez, L., Musse, I., Furtado, I., Sierra, A. C., & Abdelnour, S. (2016). The impacts of business support services for small and medium enterprises on firm performance in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Campbell Systematic Reviews, The Campbell Collaboration, 12, 1–167.
Praneetvatakul, S., & Waibel, H. (2006). Impact assessment of farmer field school using a multi‐period panel data model. Annual Meeting, August 12–18, 2006, Queensland, Australia 25499, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
Rosenberg, N. (1972). Factors affecting the diffusion of technology. Explorations in Economic History, 10(1), 3–33.
Rotondi, V., Bonan, J., & Pareglio, S. (2015). Extension services, production and welfare evidence from a field experiment in Ethiopia. University of Milan Bicocca Department of Economics, Management and Statistics Working Paper No. 31. Available from SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2678961 or https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2678961.
Shikuku, K. M. (2019). Information exchange links, knowledge exposure, and adoption of agricultural technologies in northern Uganda. World development, 115(2019), 94–106.
- Silva, L., Fava, R., & Dias, A. (2015). Adoption of precision agriculture technologies by farmers: A systematic literature review and proposition of an integrated conceptual framework. Unpublished, IFAMA World Conference 2015.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
- Sonobe, T., Suzuki, A., Otsuka, K., & Nam, V. H. (2011). KAIZEN for managerial skills improvement in small and medium enterprises: An impact evaluation study in a knitwear cluster in Vietnam. Working Papers 29, Development and Policies Research Center (DEPOCEN).
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Suri, T. (2011). Selection and comparative advantage in technology adoption. Econometrica, 79(1), 159–209.
Tan, H. (2009). Evaluating SME support programs in Chile using panel firm data. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series No. 5082.
- Tjernström, E. (2017). Learning from others in heterogeneous environments. ATAI Working Paper, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Valdivia, M. (2015). Business training plus for female enterpreneurship? Short and medium‐term experimental evidence from Peru? Journal of Development Economics, 113, 33–51.
Van Campenhout, B., Spielman, D. J., & Lecoutere, E. (2018). Information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide agricultural advice to smallholder farmers: Experimental evidence from Uganda (IFPRI Discussion Paper 1778). International Food Policy Research Institute.
- Verhoogen, E. (2020). Firm‐level upgrading in developing countries. CDEP‐CGEG Working Paper No. 83, Columbia University.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Verhoogen, E., Alfaro‐Serrano, D., Balantrapu, T., & Goicoechea, A. (2018). Protocol: Interventions to promote technology adoption in firms: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 14(1), 1–30.
- Waddington, H., Snilstveit, B., Hombrados, J. G., Vojtkova, M., Anderson, J., & White, H. (2014). Farmer field schools for improving farming practices and farmer outcomes in low‐and middle‐income countries: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, The Campbell Collaboration, 10(1), i–335. https://doi.org/10.4073/CSR.2014.6.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now
Waddington, H., Sonnenfeld, A., Finetti, J., Gaarder, M., John, D., & Stevenson, J. (2019). Citizen engagement in public services in low‐and middle‐income countries: A mixed‐methods systematic review of participation, inclusion, transparency and accountability (PITA) initiatives. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 15(1–2), e1025.
- World Bank. (2017). Expanding market opportunities & enabling private initiative for dynamic economies. Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, World Bank Group.
Paper not yet in RePEc: Add citation now