Economic liberalization and smallholder productivity in Tanzania. From promised success to real failure, 1985-1998

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 334-362

  Skarstein, Rune ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agricultural labour productivity; Agricultural output; Economic liberalization; Land productivity; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; LAND USE; LIBERALIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

EID: 20844457143     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2005.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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