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Middlemen, Non-Profits, and Poverty

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Dyson School Working Papers
Author
Chau, Nancy H.
Goto, Hideaki
Kanbur, Ravi
Abstract

In many markets in developing countries, especially in remote areas, middlemen are thought to earn excessive profits. Non-profits come in to counter what is seen as middlemen's market power, and rich country consumers pay a fair-trade premium for products marketed by such non-profits. This paper provides answers to the following five questions. How exactly do middlemen and non-profits divide up the market? How do the price mark up and price pass-through differ between middleman and non-profits? What is the impact of non-profits entry on the wellbeing of the poor? Should the government subsidize the entry of non-profits, or the entry of middlemen? Should wealthy consumers in the North pay a premium for fair trade products, or should they support fair trade non-profits directly?

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WP 2009-30 September 2009
JEL Classification Codes: F15; I32; L3
Date Issued
2009-09-01
Publisher
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Keywords
Middlemen
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Non-profits
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Poverty
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Market Access
Type
article

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