Why Liberalization Alone Has Not Improved Agricultural Productivity in Zambia : The Role of Asset Ownership and Working Capital Constraints

Why Liberalization Alone Has Not Improved Agricultural Productivity in Zambia : The Role of Asset Ownership and Working Capital Constraints

The authors use a large panel data set from Zambia to examine factors that could explain the relatively lackluster performance of the country's agricultural sector after liberalization. Zambia's liberalization significantly opened the eco...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Olinto, Pedro
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
ASSETS
CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS
CATTLE
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COMMODITIES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONSUMER SUBSIDIES
CONSUMERS
CROPS
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISEASES
DISTORTED INCENTIVES
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIC TRENDS
ELASTICITY
EQUATIONS
EQUIPMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPORTS
FARMERS
FARMING
FISCAL POLICIES
GDP
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HYBRID SEED
INCOME
INCOMES
INCREASES
INPUT PRICES
INPUT USE
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATES
LABOR MARKETS
LIVESTOCK
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/437970/liberalization-alone-not-improved-agricultural-productivity-zambia-role-asset-ownership-working-capital-constraints
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22357

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/437970/liberalization-alone-not-improved-agricultural-productivity-zambia-role-asset-ownership-working-capital-constraints
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22357

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