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| Bezlepkina, Irina V.. |
| This study analyses the causal factors of fall in Russian farm output focusing on financial determinants. Translog production function is estimated on panel of 17653 large-scale farms for 1996-1998 period using fixed-effects and accounting for inter-regional climate differences. Output elasticities are analysed for sub-samples of crop and animal producing farms. The research findings show that budget transfers to the farms are inefficient and result in taxation of farms. Farms are operating under the soft budget constraints that have to be removed to improve farm production performance. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Production; Russia; Debts; Credit; Budget transfers; Production Economics. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24785 |
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| Klemick, Heather. |
| This study examines the drivers of land use in a shifting cultivation system with forest fallow. Forest fallow provides on-farm soil quality benefits, local hydrological regulation, and global public goods. An optimal control model demonstrates that farmers have an incentive to fallow less than is socially optimal, though market failures limiting crop production can have a countervailing effect by encouraging fallow. An econometric model estimated using data from the Brazilian Amazon suggests that fallowing does not result from internalization of local fallow services but instead is associated with poor market access and labor and liquidity constraints. |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Forest; Farms; Fallow; Ecosystem services; Land use; Spatial econometrics; Brazil; Credit; International Development; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120270 |
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| Sharma, Manohar P.; Zeller, Manfred. |
| This paper analyzes the repayment rates of credit groups belonging to three group-based credit programs in Bangladesh: the Association for Social Advancement (ASA), the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), and the Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS). Hypotheses are drawn from economic theory relating group responsibility, and the resulting monitoring by peers, to a more effective enforcement of contractual obligations as well as to improved ability of the group as a whole to repay loans. Specific tests are performed on the following hypothesized determinants: group size, size of loans, degree of loan rationing, enterprise mix within groups, demographic characteristics, social ties and status, and occurrence of idiosyncratic shocks. Analysis is... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Credit; Research; Methodology; Bangladesh; Financial Economics. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97302 |
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| Zeller, Manfred. |
| Group lending has received much attention in recent years because of its perceived potential in providing financial services to poor households that lack traditional collateral. The analysis in this paper focuses on the effects of program design, community and group characteristics on the repayment performance of groups, using a data set on groups from six different lending programs in Madagascar. The results show that socially cohesive groups pool risks by diversifying the members’ asset portfolio so that their repayment performance is improved even in communities with high-risk exposure. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Community Participation; Madagascar; Credit; Financial Economics. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97299 |
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| Nasiru, M.; Jibril, S.A.; Sani, R.M.; Sabo, A.M.. |
| This study examined the impact of ACGSF in stimulating growth and minimizing of risk in Agricultural lending in Bauchi State. Forty three (43) farmers were randomly sampled and data collected through the use of structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that farmers farm size increased considerably (P>0. 001) after taking the loan and the farm in come also increased (P<0. 001) after taking the loan for an average of two seasons. The results also showed that the educational level of the farmers does not affect loan amount directly even though there is strong positive correlation between the level of farmers’ education and their ability to meaningfully... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Growth; Risk; Agriculture; Credit; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54391 |
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