Sri Lanka's rural non-farm economy: Removing constraints to pro-poor growth

被引：21

作者：

Deininger, Klaus ^{[1
]}

Jin, Songqing ^{[2
]}

Sur, Mona ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

[2] Michigan State Univ, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2007年 / 35卷 / 12期

关键词：

Sri Lanka; Asia; non-farm; investment climate; poverty; inequality;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.02.007

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

We use a survey of rural enterprises from Sri Lanka to explore characteristics of the informal non-farm sector and identify obstacles to its expansion and productivity. Value added in this sector amounts to 80% of agricultural GDP participating households' incomes are significantly higher than those of households who do not participate. Barriers to entry are low and the impact of non-farm development on inequality modest, implying a large potential contribution to growth and poverty reduction. Infrastructure constraints negatively affect new startups, investment in, and productivity of existing enterprises, with small enterprises being particularly affected. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

引用

页码：2056 / 2078

页数：23

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