Realizing the Gains from Trade: Export Crops, Marketing Costs, and Poverty

Realizing the Gains from Trade: Export Crops, Marketing Costs, and Poverty

This paper explores the role of export costs in the process of poverty reduction in rural Africa. We claim that the marketing costs that emerge when the commercialization of export crops requires intermediaries can lead to lower participation into export cropping and, thus, to higher poverty. We tes...

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Main Authors: Balat, Jorge, Brambilla, Irene, Porto, Guido
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Economic Development: Agriculture
Natural Resources
Energy
Environment
Other Primary Products O130
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
International Linkages to Development
Role of International Organizations O190
Agricultural Markets and Marketing
Cooperatives
Agribusiness Q130
Agriculture in International Trade Q170
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4926

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