supply chains

Under standard conditions in the Colombian coffee sector, the benefits of producing better coffee are not passed on to farmers, weakening their incentives to invest in higher-quality production. However, when a large international buyer required inte...

Food economics holds important lessons about market power in supply and product markets, poverty and malnutrition, and farm size.

The recent change in US trade policy vis-a-vis China significantly boosted Mexican firms' exports to the US

How does participating in global value chains impact developing countries?

Shortening intermediation chains does not necessarily lead to gains for consumers

Workers who move to a customer or supplier are less likely to leave that firm down the line and also tend to get paid a higher salary

Chad Bown discusses what happened during the US-China trade war, when, what it meant - and what happens next

Powerful middlemen in India enjoy large margins, but price gains do not pass through to farmers