Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders?
In practice, however, warehouse receipt financing has generally failed to deliver the benefits to smallholders hoped for by development economists and practitioners. In Ghana, and more generally throughout Africa, warehouse receipt financing is currently used almost exclusively by large traders, pro...
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| author | Miranda, Mario Mulangu, Francis Kemeze, Francis H. Kolavalli, Shashidhara |
| author_browse | Kemeze, Francis H. Kolavalli, Shashidhara Miranda, Mario Mulangu, Francis |
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| description | In practice, however, warehouse receipt financing has generally failed to deliver the benefits to smallholders hoped for by development economists and practitioners. In Ghana, and more generally throughout Africa, warehouse receipt financing is currently used almost exclusively by large traders, processors, and exporters. In this brief, we explore reasons why smallholders have shunned warehouse receipt financing and discuss policy prescriptions that could make warehouse receipt financing more accessible and beneficial to them. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1468012025-11-06T06:42:52Z Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders? Miranda, Mario Mulangu, Francis Kemeze, Francis H. Kolavalli, Shashidhara storehouses collateral (land) loans smallholders quality assurance financing credit In practice, however, warehouse receipt financing has generally failed to deliver the benefits to smallholders hoped for by development economists and practitioners. In Ghana, and more generally throughout Africa, warehouse receipt financing is currently used almost exclusively by large traders, processors, and exporters. In this brief, we explore reasons why smallholders have shunned warehouse receipt financing and discuss policy prescriptions that could make warehouse receipt financing more accessible and beneficial to them. 2018-02-01 2024-06-21T09:08:48Z 2024-06-21T09:08:48Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146801 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Miranda, Mario; Mulangu, Francis; Kemeze, Francis H.; and Kolavalli, Shashidhara 2018. Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders? GSSP Policy Note 13. Washington, DC International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146801 |
| spellingShingle | storehouses collateral (land) loans smallholders quality assurance financing credit Miranda, Mario Mulangu, Francis Kemeze, Francis H. Kolavalli, Shashidhara Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders? |
| title | Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders? |
| title_full | Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders? |
| title_fullStr | Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders? |
| title_short | Does warehouse receipt financing benefit Ghanaian smallholders? |
| title_sort | does warehouse receipt financing benefit ghanaian smallholders |
| topic | storehouses collateral (land) loans smallholders quality assurance financing credit |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146801 |
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