Smart Subsidy? : Welfare and Distributional Implications of Malawi’s FISP

Smart Subsidy? : Welfare and Distributional Implications of Malawi’s FISP

It is often argued that subsidizing fertilizer and other inputs is desirable both to boost agricultural production and to help poor farmers. This analysis of Malawi’s huge Farmer Input Subsidy Program highlights a tension between these two objectives: The more FISP increases fertilizer use and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacoby, Hanan
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
Farmer Input Subsidy Program
FISP
agricultural productivity
poor farmers
fertilizers
income distribution
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26595743/smart-subsidy-welfare-distributional-implications-malawi’s-fisp
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24946

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26595743/smart-subsidy-welfare-distributional-implications-malawi’s-fisp
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24946

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