Jean Claude Randrianarisoa

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present comparative qualitative and quantitative evidence from rural Kenya and Madagascar in an attempt to untangle the causality behind persistent poverty, and suggest the existence of multiple dynamic asset and structural income equilibria, consistent with the poverty traps hypothesis.

TL;DR: In this article, the constraints on agricultural productivity and priorities in boosting productivity in rice, the main staple in Madagascar, using a range of different data sets and analytical methods, integrating qualitative assessments by farmers and quantitative evidence from panel data production function analysis and willingness-to-pay estimates for chemical fertilizer.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a production function analysis with flexible marginal returns to investigate how agricultural production activities and returns to agricultural production factors differ by poverty level in the case of Madagascar and found that access to primary education is relatively more beneficial for poorer agricultural households.

TL;DR: This article used linked household, school, and test score data from Madagascar to investigate the relation of household characteristics and school factors to the cognitive skills of children ages 8-10 and 14-16.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present comparative qualitative and quantitative evidence from rural Kenya and Madagascar in an attempt to untangle the causality behind persistent poverty, and suggest the existence of multiple dynamic asset and structural income equilibria, consistent with the poverty traps hypothesis.