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The food retail revolution in poor countries
The food retail revolution in poor countries
""Global retail chains are becoming increasingly dominant in the global food trade and their rise leads to dramatic impacts on agricultural supply chains and on small producers.
Productivity in Malagasy rice systems: wealth-differentiated constraints and priorities
This study explores the constraints on agricultural productivity and priorities in boosting productivity in rice, the main staple in Madagascar, using a range of different data sets and analytical methods, integrating qualitative assessments by fa
Is land titling in Sub-Saharan Africa cost-effective?
Domestic traders versus global retail chains
Productivity in Malagasy rice systems
Increasing returns and market efficiency in agricultural trade
Using detailed trader surveys in Benin, Madagascar, and Malawi, this paper investigates the presence of increasing returns in agricultural trade. After analyzing margins, costs, and value added, we find little evidence of returns to scale.
Transaction costs and agricultural productivity
This paper examines the mechanisms that transmit isolation into poverty in Madagascar using household survey data combined with a census of administrative communes.
"Using detailed trader surveys in Benin, Madagascar, and Malawi, this paper investigates the presence of increasing returns in agricultural trade. After analyzing margins, costs, and value added, we find little evidence of returns to scale.
A general equilibrium analysis of the effect of macroeconomic adjustment of poverty in Africa
Using CGE models for four countries (Cameroon, The Gambia, Madagascar, and Niger), this paper examines the consequences of macropolicy reform on real incomes of poor households in sub-Saharan Africa The simulations suggest that, compared to altern
Growth, distribution and poverty in Madagascar
Relationships and traders in Madagascar
Property rights in a flea market economy
This paper studies liberalized grain markets in Madagascar and examines how property rights are protected and contracts are enforced among agricultural traders.