Supply Chains in Export Agriculture, Competition, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Marcelo Olarreaga, Guido Porto, 11 March 2011

Cash crops provide the livelihoods for millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. This CEPR/World Bank book explores the effects of increasing competition in these markets. It finds that while competition improves welfare for farmers on the whole, policymakers should still consider the potential winners and losers in each case.

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Read the authors' summary of their findings here.

 

URL:  http://www.cepr.org/sites/default/files/geneva_reports/GenevaP219.pdf

Topics:  Competition policy Development International trade

Tags:  Corruption, sub-Saharan Africa, Competition policy, cash crops

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