Networks, communities and markets in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for firm growth and investment

By Marcel Fafchamps. 2001

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Building Trust in Economic Space (2006, background): “In the first perspective, trust is viewed as an individualized and rationally based input, sunk transaction cost, form of capital, commodity, or ‘lubricant’ that facilitates the decision-making processes of individuals (Arrow, 1974; Dasgupta, 1988; Lorenz, 1988; Dei Ottati, 1994; Berger et al., 1995”
Research Approaches to Mobile Use in the Developing World: A Review of the Literature (2008, background): “understanding of the social and economic networks of businesses in the dev world--no small feat itself ( Fafchamps, 2001 ).”
Extended Family and Kinship Networks: Economic Insights and Evolutionary Directions (2008, background): “Fafchamps (2001) argues that this is not in general the case: because they are embedded in long term relationships, exchanges between close relatives seldom take the form of a well defined market transaction.”
Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries (2010, unknown): “Indeed, network externalities of all types are important because the small size of many enterprises in developing countries often negatively affects transactions costs, scales of economies, and the consistency of production quality ([69], pp.”
Immigrant remittances and the venture investment environment of developing countries (2011, background): “(1) come from the WDI (Economic Size, Economic Growth, Inflation, Per Capita Income, FDI Inflow, State Share of Economy), the CIA World Factbook (CIA, 2005) (Common Law), Freedom House (2010) (Political Rights (Lack of)), and Kaufmann, Kraay, and Mastruzzi (2008) (Rule of Law).”
Linkages, Access to Finance and the Performance of Small-Scale Enterprises in Kenya (2009, unknown): “Fafchamps (1999) argues that transaction costs induce market participants to enter into long-term trading relationships that shape market outcomes.”
‘I Don’t Trust the Phone; It Always Lies’ (2007, background): “These relationships also allow for the sharing of information regarding prices, market conditions, and contacts, thereby leading to new business opportunities (Barr 1998; Fafchamps 1999, 2001; Fafchamps & Minten 1999; Duncombe & Heeks 2001, 4; Murphy 2002).”
Risk Sharing Between Households (2011, background): “Fafchamps (2001) argues that this interpretation is probably too strong: because close relatives are in long-term relationships, exchanges between them seldom take the form of a well de ned market transaction.”