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Title Policy Reform and Supply Chain Governance
Full text http://edepot.wur.nl/394545
Date 2016
Author(s) Vellema, S.; Laven, A.; Ton, G.; Muilerman, S.
Abstract This chapter looks at the degree of state involvement and the modes of market governance in the cocoa value chains of Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ecuador, in order to document the institutional blending of private and public economic governance. Liberalization in the cocoa sectors transformed the role of public policy but did not eradicate the public sector. The state continued to play a mediating role, which is an important lesson for contemporary sustainability initiatives in tropical commodities, which rely exclusively on private governance arrangements, such as standards. Finding ways to connect different governance structures and policy measures situated in specific historical conditions may enhance sustainability, rather than opting for either a fully privatized and deregulated sector or complete public control over the cocoa economy.
Subject(s) Chain Governance
Language en
Publisher Oxford University Press
Type of publication Part of book or chapter of book
Format application/pdf
Source The Economics of Chocolate; ISBN: 9780198726449
Rights Wageningen UR
Repository Wageningen - University of Wageningen
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