Published in:World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, Vol. , pp. -, 2009
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1 Online-Ressource (21 p)
Language:
English
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments March 1, 2009 erstellt
Description:
By developing a simple theoretical model of the impact of market integration on sectoral output and employment in a poor rural setting, this paper demonstrates that trade can induce asymmetric growth. Under certain, plausible, assumptions, the non-farm sector will grow much faster than the agricultural sector when markets become integrated. Promoting market integration may thus be an effective way of encouraging diversification beyond agriculture and catalysing structural change in poor rural economies