Research work under this theme is very closely integrated with consultancy and advisory work on the same topics.

 

A major sub-theme for research is ethical trade (see the web-page for NRI's Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme), on which NRI staff have written key publications.

 

Another sub-theme is finance, where NRI staff are pioneering new analytical approaches to micro-finance, and new instruments for financing commodity trade.

Staff

Jonathan Coulter
Dr Junior Davis
Dr Ana Marr
Dr Gideon Onumah

Publications

Barrientos, S. Dolan, C., Tallontire, A. (2003) A Gendered Value Chain Approach to Codes of Conduct in African Horticulture, World
Development Vol 31, issue 9, pp. 1511-1526.

Bedford, A., Blowfield, M., Burnett, D. and Greenhalgh, P. (2002) Value Chains: lessons from the Kenya tea and Indonesia cocoa sectors. In Focus Report No.3, Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice, London

Coulter, J. and Poulton, C. (2001) Cereal market liberalisation in Africa. Pp. 191-256 in Akiyama, T., Baffes, J., Larson, D, and Varangis, P. (eds) Commodity Market Reforms: Lessons of Two Decades World Bank Regional and Sectoral Studies, World Bank, Washington DC.

Coulter, J. and Onumah, G. (2002) The role of warehouse receipt systems in enhanced commodity marketing and rural livelihoods in Africa. Food Policy, 27(4): 319-337.

Dasgupta. N. (2002) Small is not always beautiful: environmental enforcement and small industries in India. Pp. 50-74 in Katrak, H. and Strange, R. (eds) Small Enterprises in Developing and Transitional Economies. Palgrave, Basingstoke, UK.

Greenhalgh, P., Conway, J.A., Blowfield, M.E., Black R. and Nicolaides, L. (2002) Trade and International Agreements In Crop Post-Harvest: Science and Technology, Volume 1. Pp. 464-511 in Golob, P. Farrell, G. and Orchard, J.E. (eds) Blackwell Science, Oxford.

Marr, A. (2002) Microfinance and poverty reduction: the problematic experience of communal banking in Peru. SOAS Working Papers 122, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Marr, A. (2002) Studying group dynamics: an alternative analytical framework for the study of microfinance impacts on poverty reduction. Journal of International Development 14: 511-534.

Marr, A. (2002) Studying Group Dynamics. SOAS Working Papers 121, School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

Nelson, V., Tallontire, A. and Collinson, C. (2002) Assessing the potential of ethical trade schemes for forest dependent people: comparative experiences from Peru and Ecuador. International Forestry Review 4(2): 99-110.

Tallontire, A. (2002) "Which Way Now: Challenges Facing Fair Trade", Small Enterprise Development, 13(3): 12-24.