Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia

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dc.creatorWichern, Raier
dc.creatorHausner, Ulrich
dc.creatorChiwele, Dennis K.
dc.date1999
dc.date2024-11-21T09:54:49Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:54:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:17:50Z
dc.descriptionThis 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161309
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100311
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceWichern, Raier; Hausner, Ulrich; Chiwele, Dennis K. 1999. Impediments to agricultural growth in Zambia. TMD Discussion Paper 47. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161309
dc.subjectresource management
dc.subjectinfrastructure
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectagricultural resources
dc.titleImpediments to agricultural growth in Zambia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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