Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia
This paper has been prepared as part of the Zambia country study of the Macroeconomic and Regional Integration in Southern Africa (MERRISA) project and serves as a background paper for modeling exercises. The paper focuses on analyzing institutional constraints on the development of the agricultural...
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1999
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| author | Wichern, Raier Hausner, Ulrich Chiwele, Dennis K. |
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| description | This paper has been prepared as part of the Zambia country study of the Macroeconomic and Regional Integration in Southern Africa (MERRISA) project and serves as a background paper for modeling exercises. The paper focuses on analyzing institutional constraints on the development of the agricultural sector in Zambia. It argues that by changing some of the rules and neglecting to integrate these changes into the complete institutional setting, policymakers have been unable to achieve their goals. Other constraints on Zambia's agricultural development are of a more technical nature. There are problems with Zambia's infrastructure. This paper argues that these are problems of the provision of public and merit goods mainly occurring in rural areas. Farmers emphasize their limited access to resources like credit, fertilizer, and draft animals. Although these problems could indicate market failures, it is the view of the authors that they are mainly due to transition uncertainties. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1613092025-11-06T06:19:50Z Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia Wichern, Raier Hausner, Ulrich Chiwele, Dennis K. resource management infrastructure agricultural development agricultural resources This paper has been prepared as part of the Zambia country study of the Macroeconomic and Regional Integration in Southern Africa (MERRISA) project and serves as a background paper for modeling exercises. The paper focuses on analyzing institutional constraints on the development of the agricultural sector in Zambia. It argues that by changing some of the rules and neglecting to integrate these changes into the complete institutional setting, policymakers have been unable to achieve their goals. Other constraints on Zambia's agricultural development are of a more technical nature. There are problems with Zambia's infrastructure. This paper argues that these are problems of the provision of public and merit goods mainly occurring in rural areas. Farmers emphasize their limited access to resources like credit, fertilizer, and draft animals. Although these problems could indicate market failures, it is the view of the authors that they are mainly due to transition uncertainties. 1999 2024-11-21T09:54:49Z 2024-11-21T09:54:49Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161309 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Wichern, Raier; Hausner, Ulrich; Chiwele, Dennis K. 1999. Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia. TMD Discussion Paper 47. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161309 |
| spellingShingle | resource management infrastructure agricultural development agricultural resources Wichern, Raier Hausner, Ulrich Chiwele, Dennis K. Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia |
| title | Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia |
| title_full | Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia |
| title_fullStr | Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia |
| title_short | Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia |
| title_sort | impediments to agricultural growth in zambia |
| topic | resource management infrastructure agricultural development agricultural resources |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161309 |
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