LIBERALIZATION AND INTERACTIONS WITH THE MARKET: A SURVEY OF SOME EXPERIENCES OF RURAL PRODUCERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

By Meenakshi Raman, Third World Network. April 2006

This paper presents the results of a survey of some experiences of small rural producers in developing countries in their interaction with the market, in the context of increasing liberalization and globalization.

Its objectives are to:  (a) look at the problems encountered by producers in marketing their products, firstly in their local and national market, and secondly in the global market;   (b) examine cases where rural producers face competition from imports, which can reduce their incomes or even displace them from their livelihoods;   (c) provide some examples of innovative ways in which rural producers are attempting to find a beneficial place in the market.

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