Pathways of rural development in Madagascar: An empirical investigation of the critical triangle between environmental sustainability, economic growth and poverty alleviation

Zeitschrift fur Auslandische Landwirtschaft

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-127

  Zeller, Manfred ^a   Lapenu, Cécile ^a   Minten, Bart ^c   Ralison, Eliane ^b   Randrianaivo, Désiré ^b   Randrianarisoa, Claude ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Inst la Rech pour le Developpement   (Madagascar)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; POVERTY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0032727817     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Baland, J.-M., and J.-P. Platteau. 1998. Dividing the Commons - An Assessment of the new institutional economics of property rights. Photocopy, University of Namur, Belgium.
2. Barrett, C. 1997. Food Marketing Liberalization and Trader Entry: Evidence from Madagascar. World Development Vol. 25, No. 5. pp. 763-777.
3. Boserup, E. 1965. The Conditions of Agricultural Growth: The Economics of Agrarian Change under Population Pressure. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co.
4. von Braun, J. 1997. The links between agricultural growth, environmental degradation, and nutrition and health: Implications for policy and research. In Vosti, S.A. and T. Reardon (ed). 1997. Sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation: A policy and agroecological perspective. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1997, pp.1-15.
5. Cropper, M., Griffiths, C., 1994. The Interaction of Population Growth and Environmental Quality. American Economic Review Vol. 84(2), 250-254.
6. Foster, A., Rosenzweig, M., Behrman, J., 1997. Population Growth, Income Growth and Deforestation: Management of Village Common Land in India. Typescript, Brown University, University of Pennsylvania.
7. Fraslin, J.-H. 1997. Quel crédit pour les agriculteurs? Economie de Madagascar, Vol 2. pp. 153-174.
8. Gezon, L. 1997. Institutional Structure and the effectiveness of integrated conservation and development projects: Case study from Madagascar. Human Organization Vol. 56 (4), pp. 462-470.
9. Greene, W. 1993. Econometric Analysis. Second Edition. Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood, New Jersey, USA, pp. 444-485.
10. Greene, W. 1995. LIMDEP Version 7.0, Chapter 17.4, pp. 309-314.
11. Hazell, P. 1983. Rural growth linkages: Household expenditure patterns in Malaysia and Nigeria. Research Report No. 41. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
12. Hazell, P., and S. Haggblade. 1993. Farm-nonfarm growth linkages and the welfare of the poor. In M. Lipton and J. van der Gaag. 1993. Including the Poor. Washington, D.C.: World Bank.
13. Islam, N. 1997. The nonfarm sector and rural development - Review of issues and evidence. Food, Agriculture and the Environment Discussion Paper No.22, Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute. August 1997.
14. Hossain, M. 1988. Credit for Alleviation of rural poverty: The Grameen Bank. IFPRI Research Report No. 65. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute
15. Jarosz, L. 1993. Defining and explaining tropical deforestation: Shifting cultivation and population growth in colonial Madagascar (1896-1940). Economic Geography 69(4), pp. 366-379.
16. Jodha, N., 1985. Population Growth and the Decline of Common Property Resource in India. Population and Development Review 11(2), pp. 247-264.
17. Keck, A., N. P. Sharma, and G. Feder. 1994. Population Growth, Shifting Cultivation, and Unsustainable Agricultural Development: A Case study from Madagascar. World Bank Discussion Paper, Africa Technical Department Series, No. 234. Washington, D.C: The Wortd Bank.
18. Kikuchi, M., and Y. Hayami. 1980. Inducements to institutional innovations in an agrarian community. Economic Development and Cultural Change Vol. 29 (1), pp. 21-36.
19. Lapenu, C., Zeller, M., B, Minten, E. Ralison, D, Randrianaivo, and C. Randrianarisoa. 1998. Extensification Agricole et son impact sur les pratiques agricoles, la fertilite des sols et les ressources naturelles. Cahier de la Recherche sur les Politiques Alimentaires, No 11, FOFIFA-IFPRI, Antananarivo. March 1998.
20. Larson, B.A. 1994. Changing the Economics of Environmental Degradation in Madagascar. Lessons from the National Environmental Action Plan Process. World Development Vol. 22 (5), pp. 671-89.
21. Minten, B., Randrianarisoa, C., Zeller, M., 1998. Niveau, Evolution et Facteurs Déterminants des Rendements du Riz à Madagascar. Cahiers de la Recherche IFPRI/FOFIFA sur les politiques alimentaires (IFPRI/FOFIFA working paper series) No. 8. Antananarivo, Madagascar: Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Développement Rural (FOFIFA), January 1998.
22. Pitt, M., M. Rosenzweig, and D. Gibbons. 1995. The determinants and consequences of the placement of government programs in Indonesia. In: Van der Walle, D. And K. Nead. 1995. Public Spending and the Poor. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
23. Pender, J., and J. Kerr. 1996. Determinants of farmers' indigenous soil and water conservation investments in India's semi-arid tropics. Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD), IFPRI, Discussion paper No. 17, August 1996.
24. Pingali, P., Y. Bigot, and H. P. Binswanger. 1987. Agricultural Mechanization and the Evolution of Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore: Maryland.
25. Rakotomanga, G. 1976. Le Fokonolisme et le droit foncier. Unpublished dissertation. University of Madagascar.
26. Rakotonirainy, G. 1984. La dynamique des structures fonciers sur les Hautes Terres Malgaches. Unpublished mimeograph.
27. Ravalosoa, R. J. 1998. Les disparites économiques à l'heure de la decentralisation: une image regionale de la consommation des ménages en 1993/94, Projet Madio, INSTAT, Document 9637E.
28. rd edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
29. Ruttan, V., and Y. Hayami. 1984. Toward a theory of induced institutional innovation. Journal of Development Studies Vol. 20(4), pp. 203-223.
30. SECALINE, 1996. Evaluation de la situation alimentaire et nutritionelle a Madagascar, June 1996.
31. Scherr, S., and P. Hazell. 1994. Sustainable agricultural development strategies in fragile lands. EPTD Discussion Paper No. 1, IFPRI, June 1994.
32. Sharma, M. and M. Zeller. Forthcoming. Location Criteria of Non-Government Organizations Providing Credit to the Poor: The Experience in Bangladesh. In: Bigman, D., and H. Fofack (eds.). Geographical Targeting for Poverty Alleviation: Methodology and Applications. Forthcoming in the World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies Series.
33. Vosti, S.A. and T. Reardon (eds). 1997. Sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation: A policy and agroecological perspective. John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore and London, 1997, pp.1-15.
34. Zeller, M. 1994. Determinants of credit rationing: A study of informal lenders and formal credit groups in Madagascar. World Development 22 (12), pp. 1895-1909.
35. Zeller, M. 1998. Determinants of repayment performance in credit groups: The role of program design, intragroup risk pooling, and social cohesion. Economic Development and Cultural Change Vol. 46 (3), pp. 599-620.