@article{Pineres:175197,
      recid = {175197},
      author = {Pineres, Sheila Amin Gutierrez de},
      title = {Externalities in the agricultural export sector and  economic growth: a developing country perspective},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1999-12},
      number = {968-2016-75497},
      pages = {12},
      year = {1999},
      abstract = {For years economists have ignored the diversity in  agriculture and its potential to increase long run growth  rates by enhancing
a country's knowledge base.  Non-traditional agriculture requires significant  investments in the infrastructure and knowledge;
and  therefore, has the potential to increase long run growth  rates. Policy makers in developing countries have tended  to
enact macroeconomic policies designed to enhance the  manufacturing sector at the expense of the agricultural  sector. A
theoretical model is developed to explain the  dynamics between two non-traditional export sectors and the  long run economic
growth of the country. The model  illustrates that growth in highly perishable agricultural  exports, not domestic production
of manufactured goods, can  potentially lead to higher long run growth rates. The model  is applied to the fruit and flower
industries in Colombia  to bring forth an example with real world relevance. ©1999  Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/175197},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.175197},
}