Using preferential trade access to promote global development goals: the case of beef and market access to Norway from Namibia and Botswana. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bennett, Ben; Rich, Karl M.
• Is Part Of: Agrekon. Volume 58:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 485
• Page End: 502
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Market access -- preferential trade -- beef -- Norway -- Namibia -- Botswana; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Africa, Southern -- Periodicals; 338.10968; 338.10968 A277
• DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2019.1636669
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0303-1853

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Using market access to achieve developmental aims has long been held as a key tenet of global development policy. Using a case study approach based on interviews along and across the beef value chain between Namibia, Botswana, and Norway, this article addresses the question of whether market access to high-value markets for livestock products has developmental benefits. The costs and benefits of using market access for beef products as a developmental policy tool are identified and the key role played by international meat traders in both upgrading and rent capture discussed.