Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi
This empirical study uses data from 1970 to 2010 to estimate levels of neopatrimonialism in Malawi. We then test how neopatrimonialism has affected policy-induced agriculture producer incentives. Three dimensions are used to measure neopatrimonialism – systematic clientelism, a power concentration i...
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| author | Phiri, Horace Edriss, Abdi Khalil |
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| description | This empirical study uses data from 1970 to 2010 to estimate levels of neopatrimonialism in Malawi. We then test how neopatrimonialism has affected policy-induced agriculture producer incentives. Three dimensions are used to measure neopatrimonialism – systematic clientelism, a power concentration index, and control of corruption. All were negatively related to the level of producer support provided farmers by government. This suggests that the manifestation of a patronage system creates policy-induced disincentives to agricultural production due to worsening corruption, concentration of political power, and a crowding out of development expenditure by the costs of maintaining a bloated civil service. This result reaffirms the belief that neopatrimonialism results in poor performance of the agricultural sector of countries in sub-Saharan Africa |
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| spelling | CGSpace1536442025-11-06T07:28:48Z Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi Phiri, Horace Edriss, Abdi Khalil productivity agricultural policies incentives maize corruption producer prices This empirical study uses data from 1970 to 2010 to estimate levels of neopatrimonialism in Malawi. We then test how neopatrimonialism has affected policy-induced agriculture producer incentives. Three dimensions are used to measure neopatrimonialism – systematic clientelism, a power concentration index, and control of corruption. All were negatively related to the level of producer support provided farmers by government. This suggests that the manifestation of a patronage system creates policy-induced disincentives to agricultural production due to worsening corruption, concentration of political power, and a crowding out of development expenditure by the costs of maintaining a bloated civil service. This result reaffirms the belief that neopatrimonialism results in poor performance of the agricultural sector of countries in sub-Saharan Africa 2013 2024-10-01T13:57:00Z 2024-10-01T13:57:00Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153644 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Phiri, Horace and Edris, Abdi Khalil. 2013. Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi. MaSSP Working Paper 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153644 |
| spellingShingle | productivity agricultural policies incentives maize corruption producer prices Phiri, Horace Edriss, Abdi Khalil Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi |
| title | Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi |
| title_full | Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi |
| title_short | Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi |
| title_sort | neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection the case of maize in malawi |
| topic | productivity agricultural policies incentives maize corruption producer prices |
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