Financial market fragmentation and reforms in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania. Ernest Aryeetey, Hemamala Hettige, Machiko Nissanke, and William Steel Civil liberties, democracy, and the performance...
The authors review the literature on land markets in South Asia to clarify what's known and to highlight unresolved issues. They report that: (1) We have a good understanding of why sharecropping persists...
The paper examines the contribution of agricultural growth to poverty reduction in Pakistan. Total growth in agriculture in Pakistan has been impressive. However, growth was held back by policy distortions...
The purpose of the government of Pakistan's intervention in the wheat market has been to ensure food security for consumers and provide adequate and stable income for producers, but the cost of this intervention...
Pakistan's rural sector accounts for more than 70 percent of employment, and roughly two-thirds of rural employment is in agriculture. Less than a third of rural households get loans, only 10 percent of...
As populations expand and make various uses of water, its growing scarcity becomes a serious issue in developing countries such as Bangladesh. Water can no longer be considered a totally free resource...
Agricultural public enterprises in Pakistan, like their counterparts in most developing countries, share common problems of economic, financial, and managerial inefficiency. Subsidies that never reach...
Public expenditure policies in Pakistan have neither served the need of the agriculture sector nor have they been used efficiently. A considerable portion of the budget outlay has gone for consumer food...