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Abstract:
"Myanmar?s agricultural economy is in transition from a planned to a market system. However, the
economy does not seem to capture the full gains of productivity growth expected from such a
transition. Using a micro dataset collected in 2001 and covering more than 500 households in eight
villages with diverse agro-ecological environments, this paper shows that policy interventions in
land use and agricultural marketing underlie the lack of income growth. Regression analyses
focusing on within-village variations in cropping patterns show that the acreage share under nonlucrative
paddy crops is higher for farmers who are under tighter control of the local administration.
Keywords: reform, food policy, transitional economies, Asia, Myanmar."
Source/publisher:
Hitotsubashi University Research Unit for Statistical Analysis in Social Sciences
Date of Publication:
2005-03-00
Date of entry:
2008-04-22
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Language:
English