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The relevance of a rules-based maize marketing policy : an experimental case study of Zambia

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government behavior underpinned by mutual trust and cooperation. The authors report on an economic policy experiment based on a … stylized model of the Zambian maize market. The experiment facilitates a comparison between the current government policy of …

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Locking Crops to Unlock Investment : Experimental Evidence on Warrantage in Burkina Faso

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Smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa face an array of challenges to realizing higher profits from their agricultural activities, including lack of adequate storage facilities and credit market imperfections. To address these constraints, warrantage, an innovative inventory credit system,...

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