Rural household access to assets and markets: A cross-country comparison

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 569-597

  Zezza, Alberto ^a   Winters, Paul ^b   Davis, Benjamin ^c   Carletto, Gero ^a   Covarrubias, Katia ^c   Tasciotti, Luca ^d   Quĩones, Esteban ^e  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^e INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; assets; inputs; markets; smallholders; subsistence farming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; HETEROGENEITY; INFRASTRUCTURE; PRICE DYNAMICS; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 80052180378     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2011.15     Document Type: Article

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