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Dorward, Andrew, Kydd, Jonathan, Poulton, Colin and Bezemer, Dirk (2009) 'Coordination risk and cost impacts on economic development in poor rural areas.' Journal of Development Studies, 45 (7). pp. 1093-1112.

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Abstract

This paper addresses issues relevant to a critical problem in economic development: how to get rapid pro-poor economic growth in poor rural areas in Africa and South Asia where most of the world’s dollar a day poor live. It examines constraints to the development of coordinated exchange systems in poor rural areas, focusing on the core problem of thin markets and low density of economic activity in these areas. Transaction cost and risk analysis is integrated into a conventional neoclassical production economics framework to describe the existence of low level equilibrium traps in transactions and supply chains and to generate important insights for development policy.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > Interdisciplinary Studies > Centre for Development, Environment and Policy
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > School of Finance and Management > Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
ISSN: 00220388
Copyright Statement: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in the Journal of Development Studies on 25 Aug 2009, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00220380802550277
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380802550277
Date Deposited: 25 Aug 2010 13:18
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/6166

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