Asset Inequality and Agricultural Growth: How Are Patterns of Asset Inequality Established and Reproduced?

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Asset Inequality and Agricultural Growth: How Are Patterns of Asset Inequality Established and Reproduced?

dc.contributor.author	Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-26T15:35:12Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-26T15:35:12Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.description.abstract	The relationship between distributions of asset inequality, how these distributions are created and maintained, and agricultural growth are explored. The paper studies Ethiopian agriculture to investigate how differential access to productive assets in the agricultural sector, at various levels (regional, community and household), effect inequalities in agricultural outcomes in terms of productivity and poverty. The dominant discourse on agricultural productivity and distribution has been largely focused on input-output relationships, defined and measured with a yardstick specific to economics. In this study, the processes and institutions that link inequality and productivity are explored. In the Ethiopian case, the persistent nature of inequality is causally related to historical choices and path dependency. What is observed is a complex system whereby inequality affects growth which in turn reinforces processes that exacerbate and reproduce inequalities.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/9049
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9049
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	World Development Report 2006
dc.title	Asset Inequality and Agricultural Growth: How Are Patterns of Asset Inequality Established and Reproduced?	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T11:31:27.570523Z
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Environment and Natural Resources
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.relation.associatedurl	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/5988
okr.topic	Communities and Human Settlements
okr.topic	Conflict and Development
okr.topic	Environment
okr.topic	Finance
okr.topic	Labor
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction
okr.topic	Rural Development
okr.topic	Social Development