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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. Thomas Stilwell, 1983. "Periodicals for Microcomputers: An Annotated Bibliography," International Development Working Papers 6, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  4. 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!]
  5. 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!]
  6. Amalia Rinaldi, 1985. "Irrigation in Southern Africa: An Annotated Bibliography," International Development Working Papers 19, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  7. Valerie Kelly & Robert D. Stevens & Thomas Stilwell & Michael T. Weber, 1983. "An Annotated Directory of Statistical and Related Microcomputer Software for Socioeconomic Data Analysis," International Development Working Papers 12, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  8. James W. Pease & Raoul Lepage & Valerie Kelly & Rita Laker-Ojok & Brian Thelen & Paul Wolberg, 1984. "An Evaluation of Selected Microcomputer Statistical Programs," International Development Working Papers 15, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  9. Stephen Davies & James Seale & Donald C. Mead & Mahmoud Badr & Nadia El Sheikh & Abdel Rahman Saidi, 1984. "Small Enterprises in Egypt: A Study of Two Governorates," International Development Working Papers 16, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
  10. 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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