This paper examines the relationship between access to markets and land cultivation following Berg et al. (2018) using panel methods. Then, author contextualize these results within the broader recent development challenges of the Lake Chad region. The results provide evidence that an increase in market access is associated with an increase in cultivated land and is positively associated with an increase in local agricultural GDP. Even so, conflict...
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2021/11/09
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Technical Paper 6 : Building Rural Development in the Lake Chad Region
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Blankespoor,Brian.
Technical Paper 6 : Building Rural Development in the Lake Chad Region (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/158831636447555879