Contracting, competition and rent distribution in supply chains: Theory and empirical evidence from Central Asia

Global Supply Chains, Standards and the Poor: How the Globalization of Food Systems and Standards Affects Rural Development and Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 75-88

  Swinnen, Johan F M ^a,b,c   Sadler, Marc ^d   Vandeplas, Anneleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Centre for European Policy Studies CEPS   (Belgium)

^c European Network of Agricultural and Rural Policy Research Institutes (ENARPRI)   (Belgium)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

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