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Subcontracting Systems and Assistance Programs: Opportunities for Intervention

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Donald C. Mead (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
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Because of the role which parent firms can play in identifying recipients, in specifying the nature of the assistance needed and in providing some required functions directly themselves in tandem with the activities supported by the aid program, subcontracting systems can provide a particularly cost-effective way of supplying aid to small producers.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Working Papers with number 24.

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Date of creation: 1985
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Keywords: food security; food policy; agricultural finance;

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  1. Carl Liedholm, 1985. "Small Scale Enterprise Credit Schemes: Administrative Costs and the Role of Inventory Norms," International Development Working Papers 25, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  2. Thomas C. Stilwell, 1984. "Microcomputer Statistical Packages for Agricultural Research," International Development Working Papers 17, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  3. Goodman, Daniel C., Jr. & Stilwell, Thomas C. & Smith, P. Jordan, 1985. "A Microcomputer Based Planning and Budgeting System for Agricultural Research Programs," Food Security III Papers 11376, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  4. Stilwell, Thomas, 1983. "Periodicals for Microcomputers: An Annotated Bibliography," Food Security III Papers 11282, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  5. Thomas Stilwell, 1983. "Periodicals for Microcomputers: An Annotated Bibliography," International Development Working Papers 6, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  6. Barrett, Vincent & Lassiter, Gregory & Wilcock, David & Baker, Doyle & Crawford, Eric, 1982. "Animal Traction in Eastern Upper Volta: A Technical, Economic and Institutional Analysis," Food Security III Papers 11408, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  7. Liedholm, Carl, 1985. "Small Scale Enterprise Credit Schemes: Administrative Costs and the Role of Inventory Norms," Food Security III Papers 11310, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  8. Alan Hrapsky & Michael Weber & Harold Riley, 1985. "A Diagnostic Perspective Assessment of the Production and Marketing System for Mangoes in the Eastern Caribbean," International Development Working Papers 23, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Rinaldi, Amalia, 1985. "Irrigation in Southern Africa: An Annotated Bibliography," Food Security III Papers 11294, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  10. Pease, James W. & Lepage, Raoul & Kelly, Valerie & Laker-Ojok, Rita & Thelen, Brian & Wolberg, Paul, 1984. "An Evaluation of Selected Microcomputer Statistical Programs," Food Security III Papers 11338, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  11. Kelly, Valerie & Stevens, Robert D. & Stilwell, Thomas & Weber, Michael T., 1983. "An Annotated Directory of Statistical and Related Microcomputer Software for Socioeconomic Data Analysis," Food Security III Papers 11420, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  12. Michael L. Morris & Michael T. Weber, 1983. "Programmable Calculator (TI-59) Programs for Marketing and Price Analysis in Third World Countries," International Development Working Papers 11, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  13. Daniel C. Goodman, Jr. & Thomas C. Stilwell & P. Jordan Smith, 1985. "A Microcomputer Based Planning and Budgeting System for Agricultural Research Programs," International Development Working Papers 20, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  14. Davies, Stephen & Seale, James & Mead, Donald C. & Badr, Mahmoud & el Sheikh, Nadia & Saidi, Abdel Rahman, 1984. "Small Enterprises in Egypt: A Study of Two Governorates," Food Security III Papers 11392, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  15. Amalia Rinaldi, 1985. "Irrigation in Southern Africa: An Annotated Bibliography," International Development Working Papers 19, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  16. Stilwell, Thomas C., 1984. "Microcomputer Statistical Packages for Agricultural Research," Food Security III Papers 11305, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  17. Mead, Donald C., 1985. "Subcontracting Systems and Assistance Programs: Opportunities for Intervention," Food Security III Papers 11413, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  18. Vincent Barrett & Gregory Lassiter & David Wilcock & Doyle Baker & Eric Crawford, 1982. "Animal Traction in Eastern Upper Volta: A Technical, Economic and Institutional Analysis," International Development Papers 4, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Carl Liedholm, 1985. "Small Scale Enterprise Credit Schemes: Administrative Costs and the Role of Inventory Norms," International Development Working Papers 25, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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