Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia
Traditional food marketing systems in developing countries are often not trusted. In consequence, policy makers frequently try to regulate them and modern market arrangements increasingly are emerging to address some of their presumed deficiencies. However, it is unclear how trustworthy these market...
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| author | Assefa, Thomas Minten, Bart |
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| description | Traditional food marketing systems in developing countries are often not trusted. In consequence, policy makers frequently try to regulate them and modern market arrangements increasingly are emerging to address some of their presumed deficiencies. However, it is unclear how trustworthy these markets actually are and if and to what extent regulation and modernization affects market governance. In this paper we look at the case of coffee in urban settings in Ethiopia to test trustworthiness along three dimensions of trade transactions - weights, quality, and the presence of illegal trade. We find that traders are relatively trustworthy on observable quality characteristics and weights. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1511492025-12-08T10:29:22Z Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia Assefa, Thomas Minten, Bart value chains retail marketing exports high-value agricultural products commodities urban areas sustainability quality trade coffee capacity building Traditional food marketing systems in developing countries are often not trusted. In consequence, policy makers frequently try to regulate them and modern market arrangements increasingly are emerging to address some of their presumed deficiencies. However, it is unclear how trustworthy these markets actually are and if and to what extent regulation and modernization affects market governance. In this paper we look at the case of coffee in urban settings in Ethiopia to test trustworthiness along three dimensions of trade transactions - weights, quality, and the presence of illegal trade. We find that traders are relatively trustworthy on observable quality characteristics and weights. 2015-02-05 2024-08-01T02:55:35Z 2024-08-01T02:55:35Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151149 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150263 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.08.018 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Assefa, Thomas Woldu; Minten, Bart. 2015. Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia. ESSP II Working Paper 72. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151149 |
| spellingShingle | value chains retail marketing exports high-value agricultural products commodities urban areas sustainability quality trade coffee capacity building Assefa, Thomas Minten, Bart Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia |
| title | Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Can agricultural traders be trusted? Evidence from urban coffee markets in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | can agricultural traders be trusted evidence from urban coffee markets in ethiopia |
| topic | value chains retail marketing exports high-value agricultural products commodities urban areas sustainability quality trade coffee capacity building |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151149 |
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