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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
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Institutionalizing the Credit Rating Agencies in Iran [PDF]
فرایند مدیریت و توسعهPurpose: The purpose of this article was to develop a framework for the institutionalization of credit rating agencies in Iran, considering the institutional components and the socio-economic conditions of the country.
Abdolhamid Shams +2 more
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Overdependence on Credit Ratings Was a Primary Cause of the Crisis [PDF]
The first part of the paper describes how over time credit rating agencies ceased to play the role of information intermediaries. Rating agencies did not provide information about the risk associated with the securitized instruments, but they simply ...
Frank Partnoy
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Are working remittances relevant for credit rating agencies?
Review of Development Finance, 2009 AbstractThis paper studies the impact of workers’ remittances on sovereign ratings in 55 developing countries over the period 1993–2006. First, it looks at the determinants of sovereign ratings, including remittance flows. Second, it builds an empirical model for remittance-dependent countries to capture the effect of remittances, through a reduction ...
Avendano, Rolando +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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FEATURES OF CREDIT RATING ASSESSMENT OF ISLAMIC INSURANCE COMPANIES BY RATING AGENCIES
RUDN Journal of Economics, 2017 The Global market of Islamic Insurance shows stable growth and development. In 2015 the volume of Global takaful market reached $23.3 billion. In comparison with 2006 year when takaful sphere reached $5 billion it increased for $20 billion.
M A Chapanova
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Emergence of Rating Agencies: Implications for Establishing a Regional Rating Agency in Asia [PDF]
The present analysis sheds light on the setting up a regional rating agency in Asia in the wake of recent financial crisis. We investigate the policy facing a financial regulator while evaluating whether or not to admit new entrant into the credit rating
Liu, Li-Gang, Tsai, Ying Yi
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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Addicted to Ratings: The Case for Reducing Governments’ Reliance on Credit Ratings [PDF]
Credit rating agencies have been blamed for their role in the recent financial crisis, notably for having assigned high ratings to complex financial instruments that yielded billions in losses to investors. As a consequence, a number of reforms have been
Philippe Bergevin
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