Migration, Transfers and Economic Decision Making among Agricultural Households: An Introduction

The increasing volume of remittances and public transfers in rural areas of the developing world has raised hopes that these inflows may serve as an effective mechanism for reducing poverty in the long term by facilitating investments and raising productivity, particularly in agriculture where marke...

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Main Authors:	Davis, Benjamin, Carletto, Gero, Winters, Paul C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Remittances F240 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120
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spelling	okr-10986-55812021-04-23T14:02:22Z Migration, Transfers and Economic Decision Making among Agricultural Households: An Introduction Davis, Benjamin Carletto, Gero Winters, Paul C. Remittances F240 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 The increasing volume of remittances and public transfers in rural areas of the developing world has raised hopes that these inflows may serve as an effective mechanism for reducing poverty in the long term by facilitating investments and raising productivity, particularly in agriculture where market failures are most manifest. The seven papers in this special issue systematically test the relationship between transfers and productive spending amongst rural households in six different countries. Overall, the studies embrace a less optimistic view of the role of migration and public and private transfers on agriculture, with migration as facilitating a transition away from agriculture or to models of less labour intensive agriculture. 2012-03-30T07:33:31Z 2012-03-30T07:33:31Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of Development Studies 00220388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5581 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	The increasing volume of remittances and public transfers in rural areas of the developing world has raised hopes that these inflows may serve as an effective mechanism for reducing poverty in the long term by facilitating investments and raising productivity, particularly in agriculture where market failures are most manifest. The seven papers in this special issue systematically test the relationship between transfers and productive spending amongst rural households in six different countries. Overall, the studies embrace a less optimistic view of the role of migration and public and private transfers on agriculture, with migration as facilitating a transition away from agriculture or to models of less labour intensive agriculture.
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title	Migration, Transfers and Economic Decision Making among Agricultural Households: An Introduction
title_short	Migration, Transfers and Economic Decision Making among Agricultural Households: An Introduction
title_full	Migration, Transfers and Economic Decision Making among Agricultural Households: An Introduction
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Migration, Transfers and Economic Decision Making among Agricultural Households: An Introduction

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