TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Chau, Nancy H.
AU  - Goto, Hideaki
AU  - Kanbur, Ravi
        TI  - Middlemen, Non-Profits, and Poverty
        PY  - 2009/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4406
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp4406
        AB  - In many markets in developing countries, especially in remote areas, middlemen are thought to earn excessive profits. Non-profits come in to counter what is seen as middlemen's market power, and rich country consumers pay a "fair-trade" premium for products marketed by such non-profits. This paper provides answers to the following five questions. How exactly do middlemen and non-profits divide up the market? How do the price mark up and price pass-through differ between middleman and non-profits? What is the impact of non-profits entry on the wellbeing of the poor? Should the government subsidize the entry of non-profits, or the entry of middlemen? Should wealthy consumers in the North pay a premium for fair trade products, or should they support fair trade non-profits directly?
        KW  - middlemen
KW  - non-profits
KW  - poverty
KW  - market access
        ER  -