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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using propensity matching estimators to evaluate the impact of privatisation on wages [PDF]

open access: yes
Whether the transfer of ownership rights to the private sector leads to a decline (increase) on wage growth is theo retically ambiguous given that the outcome depends on the uncertain interaction between firms` and workers`behaviour.
Natália Pimenta Monteiro
core  

Privatisation

open access: yes, 2010
The subject of privatisation has come up recently in the context of the Water Supplies and Drainage Services Departments and sparked some discussion about its merits and demerits. This month J A Mclnnis looks at the background of the controversy, some likely subjects for privatisation, and the case for it in more general terms.
openaire   +1 more source

Heterogeneity in Food Price Inflation Convergence Across the EU: Evidence From Club Dynamics and Structural Breaks

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines food price inflation rate convergence among EU27 Member States from 2005 to 2024, focusing on structural breaks, external shocks, and regional disparities. Using panel unit root tests and club convergence analysis, the findings reveal no overall convergence but identify multiple convergence clubs.
Tibor Bareith, Imre Fertő
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Privatisation on Wages: Evidence from the Portugese Banking Industry [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper adopts a difference-in-differences estimator to examine the impact of privatisation on wages in the Portuguese banking industry for the period 1989-97.
Monteiro, Natalia Pimenta
core  

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tasting numbers: The numerical politics of Total Dissolved Solids and the privatisation of drinking water quality in Bhuj City, India

open access: yesWater Alternatives
Critical water scholarship has acquired a sustained interest in the quantification of water flows to further agendas of control and commodification.
Amitangshu Acharya
doaj  

Fragmentation of healthcare systems: challenges through patients' eyes. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Qual Stud Health Well-being
Ghannam D   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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