Beyond Market Liberalization

Dr Bart Minten is assistant professor in agricultural and environmental economics at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He has a doctorate in agricultural and environmental economics from Cornell University, USA. Prior to this position he was with the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA.

• 1. Introduction 2. Market Liberalization and the Agricultural Marketing System 3. Conceptual Framework, Survey Design, and Sampling Frame for Household and Community Level Analyses 4. Brief Description of Socioeconomic Situation and Changes in Indicators of Welfare 5. Modern Input Use in Agriculture 6. Factor Use and Agricultural Productivity 7. Marketed Agricultural Surplus 8. Non-agricultural and Total Incomes 9. Consumption Expenditures 10. Nutritional Status and Caloric and Protein Consumption 11. The Critical Triangle Between Environmental Sustainability, Economic Growth, and Poverty Alleviation 12. Summary