Making Markets Work for the Poor

By E. Gabre-Madhin, N. Nagarajan. 2004

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Guides for value chain development: a comparative review (2015, background): “A focus on the business environment reflects the influence of debates on globalizing food markets (Reardon et al., 2003) and discussions among practitioners about making markets work for the poor (Ferrand et al., 2004).”
Rural Livelihoods in South Africa: Complexity, Vulnerability and Differentiation (2013, unknown): “Much informal economic activity encodes within it subtly different objectives: it can range from supporting food security or generating income to mitigating risk or even managing social claims from others (Petersen and Charman 2008; von Broembsen 2008; Neves and Du Toit 2012).”
The Basic Analytics of Access to Financial Services (2006, background): “Moreover, the non-linear relationship between nominal interest rate and expected return to lender can result in backward-bending supply curve-δg/δi < 0-and credit rationing, as shown by Stiglitz and Weiss (1981). 35 De la Torre and Schmukler (2006a) use this “agency wedge” as their working definitio”
Sustaining linkages to high value markets through collective action in Uganda (2009, background): “At the same time, market dynamics have changed as a result of population growth, urbanization, rising consumer incomes, and increasing global competition (Best et al. 2005).”