Transaction costs and agricultural productivity: implications of isolation for rural poverty in Madagascar

This paper examines the mechanisms that transmit isolation into poverty in Madagascar using household survey data combined with a census of administrative communes. Given the importance of agriculture to the rural poor, where nine out of ten poor persons is engaged in farming, we concentrate on isol...

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Main Authors: Dorosh, Paul A., Stifel, David, Minten, Bart
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157097

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