Rural market imperfections and the role of institutions in collective action to improve markets for the poor

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-38

  Shiferaw, Bekele ^a   Obare, Gideon ^b   Muricho, Geoffrey ^a  

^a International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Collective action; Institutions; Kenya; Market imperfections; Producer marketing groups; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMY OF SCALE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LIBERALIZATION; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; RURAL ECONOMY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41849087382     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2008.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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