Markets, marketing and developing countries: where we stand and where we are heading

Markets are increasingly seen as vehicles to solve problems in developing countries. For example, improvements in market performance make potentially important contributions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Access of smallholders to well-functioning markets is increasingly expected to co...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers [2010]
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Zusammenfassung:Markets are increasingly seen as vehicles to solve problems in developing countries. For example, improvements in market performance make potentially important contributions to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Access of smallholders to well-functioning markets is increasingly expected to contribute to poverty alleviation and improvement of both food security and environmental sustainability. This book presents the views of leading experts on where we stand and where we are heading in the field of markets, marketing and developing countries. Twenty essays in this book describe the role of marketing in achieving development goals, the track record of past market policies, the current functioning of value chains, the roles that market institutions play to facilitate market access for smallholders, as well as the potential to add value to farm produce through certification schem
Beschreibung:Published in honor of the retirement of Aad vanTilburg. - Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. 1. Macro perspectives on markets, marketing and developing countries -- pt. 2. Agriculture and agricultural markets as engines for development -- pt. 3. Market access, value chains and institutions -- pt. 4. The role of marketing research : past, present and future
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ISBN:9086866999
9789086866991
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-699-1

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