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The impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-Saharan Africa remains controversial. Bringing evidence to a largely anecdotal debate, we deploy a dataset covering all commercial farms in Mozambique, linking them to a nationally representative survey of...
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Prior to 2009, there was no direct road connection between the southern regions of Mozambique - where the capital city is located - and the more agriculturally-productive central and northern regions. In this paper, we leverage the opening of a major road bridge to identify the impact of...
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The impact of large commercial farms on neighbouring smallholders in low-income sub-Saharan Africa remains controversial. Bringing evidence to a largely anecdotal debate, we deploy a dataset covering all commercial farms in Mozambique, linking them to a nationally representative survey of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653932
This paper studies the dynamics of the agricultural sector in Mozambique, focusing on the role of commercial farms. Using agricultural survey data from 2002 to 2012, we analyse the spatial distribution of large farms and identify factors influencing their location decisions. We find that the...
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of GDP growth. However, absolute poverty remains persistent, spilling over into social unrest. To better understand the … productivity and stimulate labour-intensive exports. -- Mozambique ; labour market ; jobs ; agriculture ; structural transformation …
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of GDP growth. However, absolute poverty remains persistent, spilling over into social unrest. To better understand the …
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the analysis of poverty in developing countries. Drawing on detailed evidence from Mozambique, we argue that different … research approaches do not merely see the same poverty from different angles; rather, they tend to conceptualize poverty … character of poverty; its generative mechanisms; and epistemological priorities. The quantitative analysis provides an …
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. Nonetheless, poverty rates remain high and labour market activity is dominated by smallholder farming. We use recent household … movement of labour out of agriculture has contributed to aggregate growth. But, this trend is slowing and is leading to a …
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We broadly review the challenges encountered and choices made in the national assessments of consumption poverty using … estimates produce qualitatively very similar results. We conclude that the principal conclusions of the poverty assessments are …
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