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The partially liberalized cocoa sector in Ghana: Producer price determination, quality control, and service provision

Kolavalli, Shashidhara; Vigneri, Marcella; Maamah, Haruna; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012

The cocoa sector in Ghana is one of few examples of an export commodity sector in an African country that has withstood … Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the current institutional arrangement is able to pass on a significant share of export prices … cocoa sector may be threatened. The overall objective of this study is to examine the competitiveness of the cocoa sector by …

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Rice price stabilization in Bangladesh

Dorosh, Paul A.; Shahabuddin, Quazi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002

To meet its overall objective of ensuring food security for all households, the Government of Bangladesh undertakes several activities: it intervenes in markets to stabilize prices, targets food distribution to poor households and provides emergency relief after natural disasters. This paper...

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Effects of transaction costs on supply response and marketed surplus

Minot, Nicholas - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

This paper explores the effect of transaction costs on aggregate supply and demand and marketed surplus. A five-good non-separable household model is used to illustrate the effect of transaction costs on a generic African household. Then, the paper examines the aggregate behavior of a market...

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Rice price stabilization in Bangladesh

Dorosh, Paul A.; Shahabuddin, Quazi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2002

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Price competitiveness and variability in Egyptian cotton: effects of sectoral and economywide policies

Bautista, Romeo M.; Gehlhar, Clemen G. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995

This paper examines the role of price incentives in the observed decline in cotton production during the 1980s and in the apparent improvement in recent years. The following determinants (in an accounting sense) of the changes in the relative producer price of cotton during 1980-92 are...

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