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Agricultural Technology Choice and Transport

This paper addresses an old and recurring theme in development economics: the slow adoption of new technologies by farmers in many developing countries. The paper explores a somewhat novel link to explain this puzzle -- the link between market acce...

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Main Authors: Ali, Rubaba, Barra, A. Federico, Berg, Claudia N., Damania, Richard, Nash, John D., Russ, Jason
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
LIVING STANDARDS
TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY
PURCHASE PRICE
COSTS OF TRAVEL
PRICE OF FUEL
PRODUCTION
INCOME
VEHICLE SPEED
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
INFORMATION
LIQUIDITY
ELASTICITY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
WELFARE
INCENTIVES
DIMINISHING RETURNS
TRAVEL SPEED
VARIABLES
MODELS
SYSTEM
IMPACT OF TRANSPORT COSTS
HIGHWAY SYSTEM
TAX
INPUTS
CITIES
DECISIONS
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT
RETURNS TO SCALE
WEALTH
CODES
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRENDS
ROAD TYPE
LITERACY
PRICE INCENTIVES
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
KNOWLEDGE
TRAVEL COSTS
DEVELOPMENT
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
CHOICE
VEHICLE
DATA
INFLUENCE
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
ROAD
DIGITAL
COSTS
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ROAD NETWORK
TRANSPORT
IMPACT OF TRANSPORT
FIXED COSTS
PRODUCTIVITY
EXTERNALITIES
INDUSTRIALIZATION
FAILURES
INCREASING RETURNS
MARKETS
CONNECTIVITY
COSTS PER VEHICLE
LEARNING
PIXELS
CULTURAL CHANGE
RESEARCH
TRAVEL TIMES
UTILITY
ROUTE
ROAD QUALITY
INFRASTRUCTURE
TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
HUMAN CAPITAL
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
RADAR
TRAVEL
TRANSPORTATION
WAGES
POLICIES
ECONOMIC OUTCOMES
BASIC
PARTICIPATION
VALUE
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
ELASTICITIES
CREDIT
ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
ACCESSIBILITY
SYSTEMS
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
UTILITY FUNCTION
AGRICULTURE
DECISION MAKING
MEASUREMENT
UNDERDEVELOPMENT
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
POLICY
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
ROADS
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
WALKING
HIGHWAY
TRADE
RAILROAD
VEHICLE COST
GOODS
THEORY
TRANSPORTATION COST
INVESTMENT
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
FUEL
COMPETITIVE MARKETS
REVENUE
INVESTMENTS
IT
NEW TECHNOLOGY
AT
PEDESTRIANS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
TRANSPORT COSTS
TECHNOLOGIES
OUTCOMES
TRAVEL TIME
FUEL COST
FREIGHT
ATTRIBUTES
INNOVATIONS
ENGINEERS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24498115/agricultural-technology-choice-transport
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22003

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24498115/agricultural-technology-choice-transport
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22003

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