Did Rapid Smallholder-Led Agricultural Growth Fail to Reduce Rural Poverty? Making Sense of Malawi’s Poverty Puzzle

Pauw, Karl, Beck, Ulrik and Mussa, Richard (2014). Did Rapid Smallholder-Led Agricultural Growth Fail to Reduce Rural Poverty? Making Sense of Malawi’s Poverty Puzzle. UNU-WIDER.

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    Author Pauw, Karl
    Beck, Ulrik
    Mussa, Richard
    Title Did Rapid Smallholder-Led Agricultural Growth Fail to Reduce Rural Poverty? Making Sense of Malawi’s Poverty Puzzle
    Volume/Issue No. 2014/123
    Publication Date 2014
    Place of Publication Helsinki
    Publisher UNU-WIDER
    Pages 37
    Language eng
    Abstract

    Disappointment was widespread when rapid economic growth since 2005, coupled with a smallholder-targeted fertilizer subsidy program, failed to significantly reduce poverty in Malawi. Official estimates for 2011 showed a 1.7 percentage point decline in nat
    Keyword Equality and inequality
    Measurement (poverty)
    Rural development
    Copyright Holder UNU-WIDER
    Copyright Year 2014
    Copyright type Fair use permitted
    ISSN 17987237
    ISBN 9789292308445
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