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Crop Choice, Farm Income, and Political Relations in Myanmar

Title	Crop Choice, Farm Income, and Political Relations in Myanmar
Creator	Creator Name Kurosaki, Takashi Kurosaki, Takashi 黒崎, 卓黒崎, 卓クロサキ, タカシクロサキ, タカシ Affiliation Affiliation Name Hitotsubashi University
Editor	Contributor Name 社会科学における統計分析拠点構築 = Research Unit for Statistical Analysis in Social Sciences
Key Word	reform
	food policy
	transitional economies
	Asia
	Myanmar
Abstract	Myanmar's agricultural economy is in transition from a planned to a market system. However, the economy does not seem to capture the full gains of productivity growth expected from such a transition. Using a micro dataset collected in 2001 and covering more than 500 households in eight villages with diverse agro-ecological environments, this paper shows that policy interventions in land use and agricultural marketing underlie the lack of income growth. Regression analyses focusing on within-village variations in cropping patterns show that the acreage share under non-lucrative paddy crops is higher for farmers who are under tighter control of the local administration.
Publisher	Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date	2005-03
Language	English(eng)
Resource Type	technical report
Version Type	VoR
Is Part OfRelation -	Related Title Hi-Stat Discussion paper series ; No. d04-80
Number of Pages	35
Sponsorship	21世紀COEプログラム = 21st-Century COE Program
Appears in Collections	Hi-Stat Discussion paper series
URL	https://hdl.handle.net/10086/13995