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| Fan, Shenggen; Zhang, Xiaobo; Rao, Neetha. |
| Using district-level data for 1992, 1995, and 1999, the study estimated effects of different types of government expenditure on agricultural growth and rural poverty in Uganda. The results reveal that government spending on agricultural research and extension improved agricultural production substantially. This type of expenditure had the largest measured returns to growth in agricultural production. Agricultural research and extension spending also has the largest assessed impact on poverty reduction. Government spending on rural roads also had substantial marginal impact on rural poverty reduction. The impact of low-grade roads such as feeder roads is larger than that of high-grade roads such as murram and tarmac roads. Education's effects rank after... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural growth; Monitoring development outcomes; Food Security and Poverty; International Development. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60317 |
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