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Prices, products, and people : analyzing agricultural markets in developing countries
- Title
- Prices, products, and people : analyzing agricultural markets in developing countries / Gregory J. Scott, editor.
- Publication
- Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1995.
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- Description
- xxii, 495 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- The authors go beyond the traditional presentation of economic principles, offering instead a series of applied methods for data collection and analysis. Drawing on extensive experience in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, they not only describe specific procedures, but also provide a wealth of illustrative research results. This book will be particularly useful to teaching professionals, development specialists, and applied researchers working in developing countries.
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- Note
- "Published in cooperation with the International Potato Center (CIP)."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Hubert Zandstra -- Foreword / Mike Collinson -- Introduction: Agricultural Marketing Research in Developing Countries: Old Tasks and New Challenges / Gregory J. Scott -- Pt. 1. Field Methods: Sub-Sector Analysis. 1. Rapid Reconnaissance Methods for Diagnosis of Sub-Sector Limitations: Maize in Paraguay / Michael L. Morris. 2. Using Rapid Appraisal to Examine Coarse Grain Processing and Utilization in Mali / John S. Holtzman, John A. Lichte and James F. Tefft. 3. The Policy Analysis Matrix Applied to Agricultural Commodity Markets / Barry I. Shapiro and Steven J. Staal. 4. A Multi-Product Sub-Sector Study in Rwanda / Scott Loveridge. 5. Methods for Evaluating the Market Potential of Processed Products / Gregory J. Scott -- Pt. 2. Field Methods: Market Analysis. 6. Field Methods for Exploring the Role of Indigenous Rural Periodic Markets in Developing Countries / Gina Porter.
- 7. Wall-to-Wall Fieldwork: Secondary Data Collection for Food Systems Research / Gregory J. Scott. 8. Field and Analytical Methods for Agricultural Commercialization Studies: Guatemala / Maarten D.C. Immink, Ricardo Sibrian, Jorge A. Alarcon and Herwig Hahn. 9. Industrial Organization and Market Analysis: Fish Marketing / R.S. Pomeroy and A.C. Trinidad. 10. Socioeconomic Methods for the Study of Input Markets: Seed Potato in Argentina / Olga Della Vedova and Susana Brieva -- Pt. 3. Analytical Methods: Price Analysis. 11. A Primer on Marketing Channels and Margins / Gilberto Mendoza. 12. Using Microcomputer Spreadsheets for Spatial and Temporal Price Analysis: An Application to Rice and Maize in Ecuador / David L. Tschirley. 13. Efficiency and Complexity: Distributive Margins and the Profits of Market Enterprises / Barbara Harriss-White. 14. Analyzing Market Integration / Francesco Goletti and Eleni Christina-Tsigas.
- 15. Pricing Conduct of Spatially Differentiated Markets / Meyra Sebello Mendoza and Mark W. Rosegrant -- Pt. 4. Analytical Methods: Models for Market Analysis. 16. A Financial Model for the Implementation and Evaluation of Small-Scale Agro-Enterprises / Carlos Ostertag and Christopher Wheatley. 17. Markets, Transaction Costs, and Selectivity Models in Economic Development / Stephan J. Goetz. 18. Measuring Welfare Benefits from Marketing Improvements: Potato Storage in Tunisia / Keith Owen Fuglie. 19. Spatial Equilibrium Models in Agricultural Marketing Research: A Simplified Exposition / J. Krishnaiah. 20. Programming Models: Potential Applications to Agricultural Marketing Research / Scott R. Jeffrey and Merle D. Faminow. 21. Equilibrium Displacement Modelling: An Application to Indonesian Food Price Policy / Roley Piggott.
- ISBN
- 1555876099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95021262
- OCLC
- 32665263
- ocm32665263
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries