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Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action

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Abstract:
This article uses an institutionalist approach to analyse associations of vegetable wholesale traders in a number of Ghanaian urban markets. In the markets, there is an association for each product. Each association is headed by a market queen, with the self-employed market traders forming the membership base. The associations have several responsibilities: they distribute information about prices, production, reputation of other traders and farmers, and transport; they help with welfare, for example assisting members with funeral costs; they settle disputes; and they control the supply of goods and number of traders allowed to sell at a specific time in order to keep the prices steady. These associations help in supporting the women members by limiting the economic risks of the individual members.

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Lyon, Fergus. Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action. , , . , 2003. Lyon, F. (2003). Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action. , , . Lyon, Fergus. "Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action." 2003, .Lyon Fergus. "Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action." (2003). Lyon, F 2003, 'Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action', , , . Fergus Lyon, 'Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action' (2003). Lyon F. Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action. . 2003. Lyon, Fergus. Trader associations and urban food systems in Ghana: Institutionalist approaches to understanding urban collective action. . 2003. , .

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