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

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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
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