Publication

Nov 2012

This study focuses on the investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries that are conditioned by the farmers’ financial environment. Conducting several experiments in northern Ghana, the authors aim to understand more about the underlying market failures that wreak havoc with the ability and willingness of the poor to invest more in their farms and increase their expected farm profits.

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Author Dean Karlan, Robert Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Christopher Udry
Series CGD Working Papers
Issue 310
Publisher Center for Global Development (CGD)
Copyright © 2012 Center for Global Development (CGD)
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