From statutory to private contracts: Emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in Malawi
This case study addresses the issues of institutional change and the need for collective action in a commodity, tea, which requires high fixed investment in processing facilities. In the wake of political and economic changes, the case study illustrates how asset specificity and commodity characteri...
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| author | Kydd, Jonathan G. Chirwa, Ephraim |
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| description | This case study addresses the issues of institutional change and the need for collective action in a commodity, tea, which requires high fixed investment in processing facilities. In the wake of political and economic changes, the case study illustrates how asset specificity and commodity characteristics facilitate vertical integration as discussed in Chapter 5 and how exogenous changes have influenced institutional arrangements and contract enforcement in the Malawian tea industry. The case study raises such issues in contract farming as enforcement of contracts and compatible incentives when the state is a major player, and it shows the consequences of state failure, an issue that is discussed further in Chapter 20. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1607122025-11-06T03:51:14Z From statutory to private contracts: Emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in Malawi Kydd, Jonathan G. Chirwa, Ephraim economic development agricultural development case studies natural resources management smallholders poverty alleviation economic growth This case study addresses the issues of institutional change and the need for collective action in a commodity, tea, which requires high fixed investment in processing facilities. In the wake of political and economic changes, the case study illustrates how asset specificity and commodity characteristics facilitate vertical integration as discussed in Chapter 5 and how exogenous changes have influenced institutional arrangements and contract enforcement in the Malawian tea industry. The case study raises such issues in contract farming as enforcement of contracts and compatible incentives when the state is a major player, and it shows the consequences of state failure, an issue that is discussed further in Chapter 20. 2009 2024-11-21T09:51:42Z 2024-11-21T09:51:42Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160712 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896297814BK Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Chirwa, Ephraim W.; Kydd, Jonathon G. 2009. From statutory to private contracts: Emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in Malawi. In Institutional economics perspectives on African agricultural development. ed. Johann F. Kirsten, Andrew R. Dorward, Colin Poulton, and Nick Vink. Chapter 8. Pp. 213-226. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160712 |
| spellingShingle | economic development agricultural development case studies natural resources management smallholders poverty alleviation economic growth Kydd, Jonathan G. Chirwa, Ephraim From statutory to private contracts: Emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in Malawi |
| title | From statutory to private contracts: Emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in Malawi |
| title_full | From statutory to private contracts: Emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | From statutory to private contracts: Emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | From statutory to private contracts: Emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in Malawi |
| title_short | From statutory to private contracts: Emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in Malawi |
| title_sort | from statutory to private contracts emerging institutional arrangements in the smallholder tea sector in malawi |
| topic | economic development agricultural development case studies natural resources management smallholders poverty alleviation economic growth |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160712 |
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