Can decentralizing demonstration accelerate learning about new technologies? This paper randomizes access to a fixed demonstration kit for new flood-saline-resilient seeds across villages in Bangladesh, with demonstration either by a single farmer or spread across many farmers. In the short run, higher learning from self and others under decentralization increases technology adoption. In the long run, the impacts of any demonstration persist, but...
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2023/08/10
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS10545
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1
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2023/08/10
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Disclosed
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Learning from Self and Learning from Others : Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh