Agricultural input subsidies : the recent Malawi experience /
Ephraim Chirwa and Andrew Dorward.
- First edition.
- xvi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Agricultural input subsidies : changing theory and practice -- Recent African experience with input subsidies -- Malawi : political, policy, livelihoods and market background -- FISP activities and achievements -- Direct impacts of input subsidies -- Economy-wide effects of input subsidies -- Impacts on input market development -- Benefit-cost analysis, 2006/7 to 2010/11 -- Targeting and access to input subsidies -- Graduation : Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme.
This title provides a detailed, comprehensive, and objective analysis of Malawi's agricultural input subsidy programme, its history, implementation, achievements, and shortcomings.