The effect of distance and road quality on food collection, marketing margins, and traders' wages: Evidence from the former Zaire

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 467-495

  Minten, Bart ^a   Kyle, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Food prices; Infrastructure; Marketing margins; Sub Saharan Africa; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

FOOD MARKET; NATIONAL TRADE; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WAGE;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 0033434119     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(99)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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