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| Zezza, Alberto; Winters, Paul C.; Davis, Benjamin; Carletto, Calogero; Covarrubias, Katia; Quinones, Esteban; Stamoulis, Kostas G.; Di Giuseppe, Stefania. |
| Agriculture is at the core of the livelihoods of a large share of rural households throughout the developing world. Agricultural growth is a major engine for overall economic growth and possibly the single most important pathway out of poverty in the rural space. This paper characterizes household access to assets and agrarian institutions of households engaged in agricultural activities in a sample of developing countries. The evidence presented in the paper draws from 15 nationally representative household surveys from four regions of the developing world. We find that the access of rural households to a range of agricultural-specific assets (including land and livestock) and institutions is in general low, though highly heterogeneous across countries,... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Rural non farm; Assets; Agrarian institutions; Household surveys; Consumer/Household Economics; O13; O57; Q12. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7925 |
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