Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys
We use data from the Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture and the World Bank Enterprise Survey from seven African countries, to identify agricultural midstream firms and assess their access to credit, comparing them to nonagricultural midstream firms. We find that the...
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| author | Ambler, Kate de Brauw, Alan Herskowitz, Sylvan Pulido, Cristhian |
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| description | We use data from the Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture and the World Bank Enterprise Survey from seven African countries, to identify agricultural midstream firms and assess their access to credit, comparing them to nonagricultural midstream firms. We find that the agricultural midstream firms are larger and more productive, and are less likely to report barriers to accessing credit, although overall access levels remain low. These findings help build our understanding about the financial needs of micro-, small-, and medium-size enterprises in the agricultural midstream and suggest that more targeted data collection could further this research agenda. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1687242025-04-17T08:26:52Z Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys Ambler, Kate de Brauw, Alan Herskowitz, Sylvan Pulido, Cristhian access to finance agro-industrial complexes agricultural value chains finance We use data from the Living Standards Measurement Study—Integrated Surveys on Agriculture and the World Bank Enterprise Survey from seven African countries, to identify agricultural midstream firms and assess their access to credit, comparing them to nonagricultural midstream firms. We find that the agricultural midstream firms are larger and more productive, and are less likely to report barriers to accessing credit, although overall access levels remain low. These findings help build our understanding about the financial needs of micro-, small-, and medium-size enterprises in the agricultural midstream and suggest that more targeted data collection could further this research agenda. 2024-12 2025-01-08T22:46:25Z 2025-01-08T22:46:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168724 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102567 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144207 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151859 Open Access Wiley Ambler, Kate; de Brauw, Alan; Herskowitz, Sylvan; and Pulido, Cristhian. 2024. Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 3(4): 740-755. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.139 |
| spellingShingle | access to finance agro-industrial complexes agricultural value chains finance Ambler, Kate de Brauw, Alan Herskowitz, Sylvan Pulido, Cristhian Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys |
| title | Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys |
| title_full | Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys |
| title_fullStr | Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys |
| title_full_unstemmed | Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys |
| title_short | Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS‐ISA and World Bank Enterprise Surveys |
| title_sort | financial access of midstream agricultural firms in africa evidence from the lsms isa and world bank enterprise surveys |
| topic | access to finance agro-industrial complexes agricultural value chains finance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168724 |
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