Globalisation and poverty in Senegal: A worst case scenario?

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-54

  Maertens, Miet ^a   Colen, Liesbeth ^a   Swinnen, Johan F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FDI; modern supply chains; poverty; trade; vertical coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952391716     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbq053     Document Type: Article

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