Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synopsis

This note focuses on how public investments affect crop productivity in Malawi’s districts, and estimates localized public expenditure multipliers. We use these multipliers to analyze whether government expenditures have slowed or accelerated agriculture sector growth, a topic of great interest to p...

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Main Author: Mwabutwa, Chance
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147969
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description This note focuses on how public investments affect crop productivity in Malawi’s districts, and estimates localized public expenditure multipliers. We use these multipliers to analyze whether government expenditures have slowed or accelerated agriculture sector growth, a topic of great interest to public pol-icy makers. Given the relatively large share of government ex-penditure in agriculture sector investment in Malawi, public ex-penditure policies may play an important role in agricultural productivity dynamics.
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spelling CGSpace1479692025-11-06T07:16:34Z Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synopsis Mwabutwa, Chance public investment agricultural sector investment agriculture productivity public expenditure This note focuses on how public investments affect crop productivity in Malawi’s districts, and estimates localized public expenditure multipliers. We use these multipliers to analyze whether government expenditures have slowed or accelerated agriculture sector growth, a topic of great interest to public pol-icy makers. Given the relatively large share of government ex-penditure in agriculture sector investment in Malawi, public ex-penditure policies may play an important role in agricultural productivity dynamics. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:35Z 2024-06-21T09:23:35Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147969 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146329 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149670 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mwabutwa, Chance. 2017. Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synopsis. MaSSP Policy Note 27. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147969
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agriculture
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public expenditure
Mwabutwa, Chance
Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synopsis
title Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synopsis
title_full Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synopsis
title_fullStr Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synopsis
title_full_unstemmed Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synopsis
title_short Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: Synopsis
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topic public investment
agricultural sector
investment
agriculture
productivity
public expenditure
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