Staff View: The Elimination of Madagascar’s Vanilla Marketing Board, Ten Years On

The Elimination of Madagascar’s Vanilla Marketing Board, Ten Years On

This paper explores how the elimination of Madagascar's Marketing Board in 1995 affected prices paid to farmers, incentives, and regional indicators of poverty and inequality. After steadily losing market share, Madagascar has been able to regain some of the lost ground since the mid-1990s. Mar...

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Main Authors:	Cadot, Olivier, Dutoit, Laure, de Melo, Jaime
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS AGRICULTURE ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BEANS CAPITAL MARKETS CARTEL CASH CROPS CASHEW NUTS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLOVES COCOA COFFEE COFFEE PRICES COLLUSION COMMODITY CONTESTABILITY COTTON COURNOT COMPETITION CROP CROP HUSBANDRY CROPLAND CULTIVATION CURING DATES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISCOUNT RATE EXPENDITURE EXPORT CROPS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY FAO FARM FARMER FARMER INCOMES FARMERS FARMING FARMS FERMENTATION FIXED PRICES FOOD CROPS FOOD INDUSTRY FREE MARKET GDP GOVERNMENT REGULATION HARVESTING HARVESTS INCOME INEFFICIENCY INVENTORIES LIQUIDITY MARGINAL PRODUCT MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET INCENTIVES MARKET POWER MARKET PRICE MARKET REFORMS MARKET SHARE MARKET STRUCTURE MARKETING MARKETING BOARD MARKETING BOARDS MOLD MONOPOLY MONOPOLY RENTS NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCES OVERVALUATION PEANUTS PEPPER PLANTATIONS PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE CONTROLS PRICE INCENTIVES PRICE INDEX PRICE POLICY PRICE VARIATION PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCE PRODUCER ORGANIZATION PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCER PRICES PRUNING SALES SEEDS SHARECROPPING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STOCKS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SUGAR SUGAR CANE SUPPLIER SUPPLIERS TAXATION TILLING TOBACCO TRADE REFORMS TREES TROPICAL CROPS TYING VANILLA WORLD MARKET WTO YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/08/6962156/elimination-madagascars-vanilla-marketing-board-ten-years http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8374

The Elimination of Madagascar’s Vanilla Marketing Board, Ten Years On

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