The Malawi 2002 food crisis: the rural development challenge

By A. Dorward, J. Kydd. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 2004

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Soil Science

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. B. Shiferaw
2. G. Muricho
3. G. Obare
4. J. Sumberg
5. R. Sabates‐Wheeler
6. A. Dorward
7. C. Poulton
8. J. Hellin

In Safety Research

1. R. Sabates‐Wheeler
2. J. Sumberg
3. B. Shiferaw
4. G. Muricho
5. G. Obare
6. A. Dorward
7. J. Kydd
8. J. Hellin

In Soil Science

1. B. Shiferaw
2. G. Muricho
3. J. Sumberg
4. R. Sabates‐Wheeler
5. G. Obare
6. C. Poulton
7. A. Dorward
8. J. Kydd

Citations in the corpus

• Markets, Institutions and Technology: Missing Links in Livelihoods Analysis (2003, background): “... but does not explicitly recognise the problem of the low-level equilibrium trap as outlined above, nor the fundamental co-ordination problem that underlies it: attempts to tackle market failures will fail unless investors have confidence that all the failures in other markets are addressed at th”
• Rural market imperfections and the role of institutions in collective action to improve markets for the poor (2008, background): “The results have, however, been mixed (Winter-Nelson and Temu, 2002; Dorward and Kydd, 2004; Fafchamps, 2004).”
• Implications of market and coordination failures for rural development in least developed countries (2004, background): “In terms of its direct effects on individual investors, it is the failure to make an investment due to a possible absence of complementary investments by other players at different stages in the supply chain (modified from Dorward and Kydd 2002).”
• Improving market access and agricultural productivity growth in Africa: what role for producer organizations and collective action institutions? (2011, background): “This has been mirrored by changes in the global agricultural economy that provide smallholders with new challenges and opportunities (Dorward and Kydd 2004).”
• Linking agricultural development to school feeding in sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical perspectives (2011, methodology): “This analysis can be seen in terms of coordination risk, which Dorward and Kydd (2004) define as ‘‘the risk of failure of one player’s investment due to the possible absence of complementary investments by other players in different stages in the supply chain.’’”
• Rural Institutions and Producer Organizations in Imperfect Markets: Experiences from Producer Marketing Groups in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya.Socioeconomics and Policy Working Paper Series no. 23 (2006, background): “Shocks and vulnerability to production risk (ie, weather, pests and sickness) and market risk (ie, price) that seem systemic to agriculture also lead to imperfect markets and transaction failures (Dorward and Kydd 2004).”
• Institutions, Markets and Economic Co‐ordination: Linking Development Policy to Theory and Praxis (2005, background): “Dorward and Kydd (2004) define economic co-ordination risk as the possible risk of failure of one player’s investment due to the absence of complementary investments by other players in different stages in the supply chain, and risks of opportunism arise where returns to one player’s investment are…”