Leveraging Rural Institutions for Collective Action to Improve Markets for the Poor: Lessons and Policy Options

Obare, G A and Shiferaw, B A and Muricho, G (2006) Leveraging Rural Institutions for Collective Action to Improve Markets for the Poor: Lessons and Policy Options. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

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Market transactions in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are usually small, because the markets are thin and point-to-point transportation of commodities is difficult. The prices offered are not competitive and volumes traded are usually season dependent. Where market infrastructure is weak and under-developed, liberalization and structural adjustment policies have not been able to improve market access; and the private sector has failed to make the investments needed for proper and effective market coordination.

Item Type: Monograph (Documentation)
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Series Name: Policy Brief No. 8
Subjects: Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2014 03:59
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2014 03:59
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/7645
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