Beyond Market Liberalization: Welfare, Income Generation and Environmental Sustainability in Rural Madagascar (Routledge Revivals) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113871559X ISBN 13: 9781138715592

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

This title was first published in 2000: Most African countries experienced dramatic agricultural market reforms over the 1990s. This has resulted in significant changes in the operation of the agricultural markets and, consequently, in income generation and welfare of rural households. In the case of Madagascar, the results suggest that market reforms and corresponding adjustments in rural markets have had an average positive effect on food security for the rural households. However, richer households seemed to have benefited more than the poorer households. This text provides a study of the market reforms, focusing particularly in the changes brought to welfare, income and environmental sustainability in rural areas. The study aims to be of particular interest to economists and those involved in development and environmental issues.

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About the Author

Dr Bart Minten is assistant professor in agricultural and environmental economics at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He has a doctorate in agricultural and environmental economics from Cornell University, USA. Prior to this position he was with the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113871559X
• ISBN 13: 9781138715592
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 278
• Editor: Minten Bart