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The Impact on Farmers of the Privatization of Integrated Agricultural Monopsonies

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Paul Makdissi () (Département d'économique, Université de Sherbrooke)
Quentin Wodon () (AFTPM, World Bank)

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Abstract

International Financial Institutions have advocated the privatization of integrated agricultural monopsonies in developing countries with the hope that competition between private firms under a contract farming system would reduce inefficiencies in production and enable farmers to obtain a higher share of world commodity prices. \ Using a very simple theoretical model, this paper shows however that the impact of privatization and contract farming may not be positive for all farmers.

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Paper provided by Departement d'Economique de la Faculte d'administration à l'Universite de Sherbrooke in its series Cahiers de recherche with number 04-08.

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Length: 14 pages
Date of creation: 2001
Date of revision: 2004
Handle: RePEc:shr:wpaper:04-08

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Keywords: Privatization; Cotton; Africa; Welfare;

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D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure and Pricing - - - Monopoly

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