How Costly Is It for Poor Farmers to Lift Themselves Out of Subsistence?

Cadot, Olivier; Dutoit, Laure; Olarreaga, Marcelo

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-3881

How Costly Is It for Poor Farmers to Lift Themselves Out of Subsistence?

collection.link.5	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9
collection.name.5	Policy Research Working Papers
dc.contributor.author	Cadot, Olivier
dc.contributor.author	Dutoit, Laure
dc.contributor.author	Olarreaga, Marcelo
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-21T21:34:09Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-21T21:34:09Z
dc.date.issued	2006-04
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:02:40Z
dc.description.abstract	The main objective of this paper is to provide estimates of the cost of moving out of subsistence for Madagascar's farmers. The analysis is based on a simple asset-return model of occupational choice. Estimates suggest that the entry (sunk) cost associated with moving out of subsistence can be quite large - somewhere between 124 and 153 percent of a subsistence farmer's annual production. Our results make it possible to identify farm characteristics likely to generate large gains, if moved out of subsistence, yielding useful information for the targeting of trade-adjustment assistance programs.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6710341/costly-poor-farmers-lift-out-poverty
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8733
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3881
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	ACREAGE
dc.subject	ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL REVENUE
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	ARBITRAGE
dc.subject	BALANCE SHEETS
dc.subject	BARRIERS TO ENTRY
dc.subject	BENCHMARK
dc.subject	CANE SUGAR
dc.subject	CASH CROPS
dc.subject	CASH INCOME
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	COMMERCIAL FARMING
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject	CONSUMER PRICES
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	COTTON
dc.subject	CREDIT MARKETS
dc.subject	CROPLAND
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DISCOUNTED VALUE
dc.subject	DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject	DIVIDENDS
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	EQUATIONS
dc.subject	EXPECTED RETURN
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	EXPORT
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	EXTREME POVERTY
dc.subject	FAIR
dc.subject	FARM
dc.subject	FARM OUTPUT
dc.subject	FARM POPULATION
dc.subject	FARM SIZE
dc.subject	FARMER
dc.subject	FARMERS
dc.subject	FARMS
dc.subject	FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	FLAVOR
dc.subject	FOOD CROPS
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEADS
dc.subject	HURDLES
dc.subject	INTENSIVE FARMING
dc.subject	INTEREST RATE
dc.subject	LACK OF CREDIT
dc.subject	LAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subject	LANDOWNER
dc.subject	LDCS
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK SALES
dc.subject	MARKET DISRUPTION
dc.subject	MARKET ENTRY
dc.subject	MARKET ENTRY COST
dc.subject	MARKET FAILURE
dc.subject	MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject	MARKET PARTICIPANTS
dc.subject	MARKET PRICES
dc.subject	MARKET REFORMS
dc.subject	MARKET SECTOR
dc.subject	MARKET STRUCTURE
dc.subject	MARKETING
dc.subject	MARKETING BOARDS
dc.subject	MIDDLEMEN
dc.subject	MILLS
dc.subject	MORAL HAZARD
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITY COST
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITY COSTS
dc.subject	OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
dc.subject	POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject	POOR FARMERS
dc.subject	POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject	POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	PRICE CHANGES
dc.subject	PRICE INDEX
dc.subject	PRICE INDICES
dc.subject	PRICE VOLATILITY
dc.subject	PRODUCER ASSOCIATION
dc.subject	PRODUCER PRICES
dc.subject	PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION
dc.subject	REAL INCOME
dc.subject	RISK AVERSION
dc.subject	RISK PREMIUM
dc.subject	RURAL AREA
dc.subject	RURAL CREDIT
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject	RURAL ROADS
dc.subject	SALE
dc.subject	SALES
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SHARECROPPING
dc.subject	SUBSISTENCE
dc.subject	SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	SUBSISTENCE FARMERS
dc.subject	SUBSISTENCE FARMING
dc.subject	SUGAR
dc.subject	SUGAR CANE
dc.subject	SUNK COSTS
dc.subject	SURPLUS
dc.subject	TRADE FLOWS
dc.subject	TRADE REFORMS
dc.subject	TRANSACTION
dc.subject	VALUATION
dc.subject	VOLATILITY
dc.subject	THRESHOLD REGRESSION
dc.subject	SWITCHING REGRESSION
dc.subject	UNKNOWN SAMPLE SEPARATION
dc.subject	SUBSISTENCE
dc.subject	ENTRY COSTS.
dc.title	How Costly Is It for Poor Farmers to Lift Themselves Out of Subsistence?	en
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6710341/costly-poor-farmers-lift-out-poverty
okr.globalpractice	Agriculture
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice	Trade and Competitiveness
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-3881
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000012009_20060406092843
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	6710341
okr.identifier.report	WPS3881
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2006/04/06/000012009_20060406092843/Rendered/PDF/wps38810rev0pdf.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	Madagascar
okr.topic	Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Markets and Market Access
okr.topic	Agriculture :: Agribusiness
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade :: Access to Markets
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade
okr.topic	Rural Development
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	1 of 1

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