Motivation for information exchange in a virtual community of practice: Evidence from a Facebook group for shrimp farmers

Publication date: January 2020Source: World Development, Volume 125Author(s): Guenwoo Lee, Aya SuzukiAbstractWhat is the motivation for sharing useful information among community members? In order to reveal the motivation of information exchanges, we present the case of a Facebook group, which shares common crop practices and the majority of the members are farmers. We construct monthly panel data to addresses the group members’ motivations for information exchange between January 2015 and May 2017....

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Role of malaria control in improving child health in mainland Tanzania: Evidence from a rapid policy scale-up

Publication date: January 2020Source: World Development, Volume 125Author(s): Romeo J. GanseyAbstractMalaria control is a major policy concern in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the disease imposes a high burden on child health. Between 2004 and 2010, in mainland Tanzania, malaria control interventions have experienced a rapid scale-up evidenced by a sharp increase of the budget devoted to malaria control, rising from less than $10 million to nearly $140 million. However, the extent to which these interventions...

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Sun Oct 06, 2019 18:11