Global supply chains, standards and the poor: how the globalization of food systems and standards affects rural development and poverty

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* Introduction, J F M Swinnen, K U Leuven PART I: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS AND STANDARDS * The Globalization of Private Standards and the Agro-food System, L Fulponi, OECD * Public and Private Food Quality Standards: Recent Trends and Strategic Incentives, J J McCluskey, Washington State University, USA * The Costs and Benefits of Compliance with Food Safety Standards for Exports by Developing Countries: The Case of Fish and Fishery Products, S Henson, University Guelph, Canada and S Jaffee, The World Bank * The Dynamics of Vertical Coordination in Agri-Food Supply Chains in Transition Countries, J F M Swinnen * Trade Liberalization and Rent Distribution in Vertically-Related Markets, S McCorriston, University of Exeter, UK and Ian Sheldon, Ohio State University, USA * Contracting, Competition, and Rent Distribution in Supply Chains: Theory and empirical evidence from Central Asia, J Swinnen, M Sadler, World Bank and A Vandeplas, K U Leuven PART II: EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON CHANGES AND EFFECTS ASIA * Growth in high-value agriculture in Asia and the emergence of vertical links with farmers, A Gulati, IFPRI, N Minot, IFPRI, C Delgado, World Bank and S Bora, IFPRI * Small Traders and Small Farmers: The Small Engines Driving China's Giant Boom in Horticulture, X Dong, Chinese Academy of Sciences, H Wang, Michigan State University, USA, S Rozelle, University of California at Davis, USA, J Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences and T Reardon, Michigan State University, USA * Quality Control and the marketing of non-staple crops in India, M Fafchamps, University of Oxford, UK, Ruth Vargas-Hill, World Bank and B Minten LATIN AMERICA * Supermarkets and Small Horticultural Product Farmers in Central America, J Berdegue, RIMISP, T Reardon, MSU, F Balsevich, MSU, L Flores, MSU, and R Hernandez, MSU AFRICA * Global supply chains, poverty and the environment: Evidence from Madagascar, B Minten, L Randrianarison and J Swinnen * H igh-value supply chains, food standards and rural households in Senegal, M Maertens and L Dries, K U Leuven, F A Dedehouanou, CREA, J Swinnen, K U Leuven. THE FORMER SOVIET UNION * Transformation and contracting in the supply chains of the former Soviet Union: Evidence from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Russia, M Gorton, University of Newcastle and J White, University of Southampton * Vertical Integration in Russian Agriculture, E Serova, AFE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE * Restructuring market relations in food and agriculture of Central Eastern Europe: Impacts upon small farmers, C Csaki and C Forgacs, Corvinus University of Budapest * The impact of retail investments in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and the Russian Federation, L Dries, T Reardon, MSU and E Van Kerckhove, K U Leuven * Vertical coordination in the dairy sector: A comparative analysis of Romania and Slovakia, S van Berkum, LEI-Wageningen PART III: THE POLICY AGENDA * Global supply chains, standards and the poor: Implications for government policy and international organizations, J F M Swinnen and M Maertens, K U Leuven * The role of the public and private sector in commercializing small farms and reducing transaction costs, P Pingali, YKhwaja and M Meijer, FAO * Building capacity for compliance with evolving food safety and agricultural health standards, Kees van der Meer, The World Bank * Public Sector Initiatives to Facilitate Small Farmer Access to International Marketing Chains: Lessons from Marketing Assistance Programs in Armenia, H Gow, University of Illinois and J Cocks, Abacus Bio Limited.

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