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Where to Sell? Market Facilities and Agricultural Marketing

This paper analyzes the effect of facilities and infrastructure available at the market place on a farmer's decision to sell at the market using a comprehensive survey of farmers, markets and villages conducted in Tamil Nadu, India in 2005. Th...

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Main Authors:	Shilpi, Forhad, Umali-Deininger, Dina
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKET ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME BUS BUS STATION BUS STATIONS COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMERCIALIZATION COMMUNITIES COMPETITIVE MARKET CONGESTION CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE COST INCREASES COST OF TRANSPORTATION CREDIT CONSTRAINT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRICTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENTS EXPENDITURE FEMALE FIXED COSTS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLDS INCOME GROWTH INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LABOR MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET EFFICIENCY MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET PLACE MARKET PRICE MARKET REFORMS MARKET TRANSACTION MARKETING MISSING MARKETS OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLICE POLICE STATION POLICE STATIONS POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POST OFFICE POST OFFICES PRODUCE MARKETING BOARD PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RELEVANT MARKETS RETAIL RETURN RETURNS ROAD RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL ROADS RURAL TRANSPORTATION SALE SALES SHADOW PRICE SHOPS STORAGE CAPACITY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TOTAL SALES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADING TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COST TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COST TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TRAVEL TIME TRIPS TRUCKS TRUE URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION VEHICLES VILLAGES WAREHOUSE WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8894865/sell-market-facilities-agricultural-marketing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7515