Supply Chains in Export Agriculture, Competition, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Marcelo Olarreaga, Guido Porto, 11 March 2011

Cash crops provide the livelihoods for millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. This CEPR/World Bank book explores the effects of increasing competition in these markets. It finds that while competition improves welfare for farmers on the whole, policymakers should still consider the potential winners and losers in each case.

This book is available to purchase from CEPR's UK distributors Central Books and from Amazon UK or Amazon US.

Read the authors' summary of their findings here.

URL: http://www.cepr.org/pubs/books/CEPR/booklist.asp?cvno=P219
Topics: Competition policy, Development, International trade
Tags: cash crops, Competition policy, Corruption, sub-Saharan Africa

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