Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS-ISA and World Bank enterprise surveys

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierAlan de Brauw: 0000-0002-5045-8939
cg.creator.identifierKate Ambler: 0000-0001-6277-0930
cg.creator.identifierSylvan Herskowitz: 0000-0003-3758-4524
cg.creator.identifierCristhian Pulido: 0000-0002-4851-2318
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135932en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Digital Financial Services Adoption
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number2125en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorAmbler, Kateen
dc.contributor.authorde Brauw, Alanen
dc.contributor.authorHerskowitz, Sylvanen
dc.contributor.authorPulido, Cristhianen
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-22T18:18:59Zen
dc.date.available2023-01-22T18:18:59Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/127801
dc.titleFinancial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS-ISA and World Bank enterprise surveysen
dcterms.abstractThe midstream of agricultural value chains are rapidly changing in response to shifting domestic and international demand. While the performance of this segment may have important implications for the entire sector, evidence on midstream actors and their financial needs remain thin. We use data from both the Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture and the World Bank Enterprise Survey from seven African countries to identify these agricultural midstream firms and assess their access to formal credit, comparing them to other, non-agricultural midstream firms. We find that the identified agricultural midstream firms are larger and more productive than their non-agricultural midstream counterparts and are less likely to report barriers to accessing credit, though overall access levels remain low. Among agricultural midstream firms, those owned or managed by women are more likely to report barriers to accessing credit. Taken together, these findings help build our understanding about the financial needs of micro-, small-, and medium-size enterprises in the agricultural midstream.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2022
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAmbler, Kate; de Brauw, Alan; Herskowitz, Sylvan; and Pulido, Cristhian. 2022. Financial access of midstream agricultural firms in Africa: Evidence from the LSMS-ISA and World Bank enterprise surveys. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2125. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.135932.en
dcterms.extent24 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2022-06-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/135932en
dcterms.subjectfinancial institutionsen
dcterms.subjectagro-industryen
dcterms.subjectworld banken
dcterms.subjectsurveysen
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen
dcterms.subjectdemanden
dcterms.subjectcrediten
dcterms.subjectenterprisesen
dcterms.subjectsmall and medium enterprisesen
dcterms.subjectfinanceen
dcterms.subjectsmall enterprisesen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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