agricultural development literature has begun exploring the appropriate structure of third-party facilitated institutions and … enforcement mechanisms to support linking small farmers to markets. Based upon a series of long-term qualitative and quantitative … analyses of the instrumental case of USDA Marketing Assistance Project in Armenia, we use a grounded theory approach to develop …

contract enforcement mechanisms. In many countries both public and private contract enforcement is poor resulting in high hold … assistance programs that could stimulate development of private contract enforcement mechanisms and improve sustainability of … market linkages where the public enforcement is inadequate and the FDI is not present. The analyses are based on the …

enforcement mechanisms through stimulating investments in relationship-specific assets. Design/methodology/approach – This paper … pursued by the USDA MAP has stimulated investments in private enforcement capital between dairy producers and processors and …

enforcement mechanisms through stimulating investments in relationship-specific assets. Design/methodology/approach –This paper … pursued by the USDA MAP has stimulated investments in private enforcement capital between dairy producers and processors and …

factors at play behind these conflicts, notably the combination of resource scarcity with a crisis of governance that is … mechanized farming areas, oil infrastructure, and other private investments. In their analysis of natural resource governance in … concerning natural resources has undermined governance of these resources. While conflicts between farmers and herders were …

This paper examines the functioning of some of India's institutions of governance, namely, the legislative and … India's experience of governance reflects insufficiencies in all three dimensions: of durability, enforcement, and … collective action in general, and alternative structures of institutions of governance. …

instruments (e.g. Twinning and TAIEX3) and with other donor programmes, local ownership by line beneficiary institutions …

most theories of trade cooperation are issues of self-enforcement: The threat of reprisal by an aggrieved party maintains … institutions are needed, since under standard assumptions, neither defection from the rules nor disputes are expected to occur … models of enforcement (primarily concerned with acts of punishment) for being insufficient in explaining the existence of …

enforcement (conviction rates) and enforcing institutions. Results based on data for more than 80 countries show that piecemeal …, strong gums (institutions) are more effective than showing teeth (enforcement employment) or the bite (conviction rates). …Adding a new dimension to determinants of corruption, this paper examines the effectiveness of enforcement in reducing …

institutions, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when national markets were emerging. Three commodities – fresh produce … (fruit and vegetables), grains, and meat – all rely on similar institutions, suggesting they serve a similar role in each … transactions along the meat marketing chain were not subject to such disputes. Evidence suggests that the institutions performed …