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Transportation Costs, Food Markets, and Structural Transformation in Tanzania (IGC Policy Brief)

author(s) Adam, C.. - Bevan, D.. - Gollin, D.. - Mkenda, B.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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themes
regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Adam, C.; Bevan, D.; Gollin, D.; Mkenda, B. Transportation Costs, Food Markets, and Structural Transformation in Tanzania (IGC Policy Brief). International Growth Centre (IGC), London, UK (2012) 2 pp

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Abstract

This briefing outlines a project developing an analytical modeling framework capable of exploring the channels through which policy-induced reductions in transportation costs change the spatial allocation of resources and spur the growth of secondary cities and the growth of non-agricultural economic activities that drive structural transformation

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