Bresciani, FabrizioFeder, GershonGilligan, Daniel O.Jacoby, Hanan G.Onchan, TongrojQuizon, Jaime2014-01-032014-01-032002-01World Bank Research Observerhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16468This article assesses the impact of the East Asian financial crisis on farm households in two of the region's most affected countries, Indonesia and Thailand, using detailed household level survey data collected before and after the crisis began. Although the natures of the shocks in the two countries were similar, the impact on farmers' income (particularly on distribution) was quite different. In Thailand, poor farmers bore the brunt of the crisis, in part because of their greater reliance on the urban economy, than did poor farmers in Indonesia. Urban-rural links are much weaker in Indonesia. Farmers in both countries, particularly those specializing in export crops, benefited from the currency devaluation. Although there is some evidence that the productivity of the smallest landholders declined over the period in question, it is difficult to attribute this directly to the financial crisis. At least in Thailand, a rural credit crunch does not seem to have materialized.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDSAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL LABORAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL WAGESAGRICULTUREANIMAL FEEDBASE YEARCASH CROPSCASH INCOMECASSAVACENTRAL REGIONCENTRAL REGIONSCLOVESCOCOACOCONUTCOFFEECOMMODITYCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMER PRICESCONSUMERSCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCOOPERATIVESCORNCREDIT MARKETSCROPCROP INCOMECROP PRODUCTIONCROP SUBSTITUTIONCROPPINGCROPPING PATTERNSCULTIVATED RICECULTIVATIONDEBTDEVALUATIONDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDIVERSIFICATIONDROUGHTECONOMIC RESEARCHECONOMICS RESEARCHEXCHANGE RATESEXPORT CROPSFAMILY MEMBERSFARMFARM EMPLOYMENTFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM INCOMEFARM LABORFARM PRODUCTIONFARM SECTORFARMERFARMERSFARMINGFARMSFERTILIZERFERTILIZER USEFINANCIAL CRISISFOOD POLICYGARLICGOVERNMENT SUBSIDIESGRAINSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITAHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREINCOMEINCOME GAINSINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME SHARESINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEIRRIGATIONLABOR EARNINGSLABOR FORCELAND OWNERSHIPLANDHOLDINGSLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDSLANDLESS LABORERSLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONMAIZENET INCOMENONFARM INCOMEPEPPERPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA INCOMEPOORPOOR FARM HOUSEHOLDSPOOR FARMERSPOORER FARMERSPOOREST HOUSEHOLDSPOTATOESPOVERTY INDICESPRICE INCREASESPRIVATE TRANSFERSPRODUCEPRODUCTION ACTIVITIESPRODUCTION GAINSPRODUCTION PROCESSREAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTREAL INCOMERECESSIONREGIONAL COVERAGEREGIONAL DIFFERENCESREGIONAL DISTRIBUTIONREGIONAL INEQUALITYREGIONAL MARKETSREGIONAL SHARERICERICE PRICESRICE PRODUCTIONRICE YIELDSRURALRURAL AREASRURAL CREDITRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL FAMILIESRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMERURAL INCOMESRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL LABORRURAL LABOR MARKETRURAL LINKAGERURAL LINKAGESRURAL LINKSRURAL POLICYRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL PRICESRURAL PRODUCERRURAL SECTORRURAL SECTORSRURAL WAGESSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSMALLHOLDER SECTORSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOYBEANSSPRINGSUGARSUGARCANETARGETINGTOBACCOTREE CROPSTREESUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVARIABLE COSTSVEGETABLESWEALTHJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/16468