Commercialization of Agriculture and Rural Living Standards: El Palmar, Colombia, 1960–1979
通过哥伦比亚埃尔帕尔马的案例研究，考察传统农业商业化对农户生活水平的短期和长期影响，发现短期正面效应广泛但长期后果更成问题，建议用历史案例研究补充宏观分析。
The effect of the commercialization of traditional agriculture on the levels of living of peasant households is examined through a case study of El Palmar, Colombia. While there appear to have been widespread, positive, short-mn effects, the long-run consequences appear to be more problematic. It is suggested that commercialization and its consequences are more complex than can be grasped from available aggregate data, and a historical, case-study approach to this topic is recommended to complement macroeconomic studies.