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To subsidise or not to subsidise? Debating the effectiveness of state subsidies for fertiliser in Malawi.

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Lesley White - FAC blog

Resources: Working Paper:
Lessons Learned from the 2005/06 Malawi Input Subsidy Programme
by Blessings Chinsinga

Discussion Paper:
Rethinking Agricultural Input Subsidies in Poor Rural Economies
by Andrew Dorward, Peter Hazell and Colin Poulton FAC Briefing:

FAC Briefing:
The Malawi Fertiliser Subsidy Programme: politics and pragmatism

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