Policy changes, input supply liberalization, and missing markets: Evidence from smallholder farms in Malawi

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2009

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Journal of Policy Modeling/EconModels.com

Abstract

In this study, the effects of recent policy changes in Malawi are examined. A survey of 800 Malawian farms from 1997-1998 was used to determine the effects of two policies: implementation of the

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Household enterprise, Semiarid zones, Marketing and trade, Income generation, Economic analyses, Economic policy, Food consumption, Deregulation and liberalization, Government policy, Food security, Family, Poverty, Economic modeling and analysis, Vulnerability and risk, Credit, Malawi, Input-market liberalization, Starter pack scheme, Governance

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Journal of Policy Modeling, forthcoming