Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea
Trade in marketplaces is central to the domestic distribution of food and other goods throughout the developing world. The commodity networks involved are often complex with numerous intermediate transactions between producer and consumer. By contrast, in the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG)...
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| description | Trade in marketplaces is central to the domestic distribution of food and other goods throughout the developing world. The commodity networks involved are often complex with numerous intermediate transactions between producer and consumer. By contrast, in the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG), marketplace trade has historically occurred through very short commodity networks. This article examines the appearance and growing significance of intermediary trading in PNG's marketplaces and associated trade networks. Reselling is supporting urban livelihoods at a time when making a living in town is increasingly precarious, but the transformation of marketplaces, I argue, also threatens to reduce the agency of rural producers and erode the incomes of certain producers. Growing intermediation may also see men increasingly involved in an economic domain where women have been central. The emergence of intermediaries is globally an important historical development, and this article provides a rare study of this process within the contemporary era. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-971722025-05-01T00:40:24Z Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea Sharp, Timothy Social Sciences Development Studies Economics Business & Economics commodity networks intermediaries and middlemen marketplace Papua New Guinea rural-urban relations trade BETEL NUT OIL PALM TRANSACTIONS MIDDLEMEN EXCHANGE MORALITY ECONOMY GENDER PLACE URBAN Trade in marketplaces is central to the domestic distribution of food and other goods throughout the developing world. The commodity networks involved are often complex with numerous intermediate transactions between producer and consumer. By contrast, in the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG), marketplace trade has historically occurred through very short commodity networks. This article examines the appearance and growing significance of intermediary trading in PNG's marketplaces and associated trade networks. Reselling is supporting urban livelihoods at a time when making a living in town is increasingly precarious, but the transformation of marketplaces, I argue, also threatens to reduce the agency of rural producers and erode the incomes of certain producers. Growing intermediation may also see men increasingly involved in an economic domain where women have been central. The emergence of intermediaries is globally an important historical development, and this article provides a rare study of this process within the contemporary era. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97172 10.1111/joac.12407 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/[Australian Government (Australian Postgraduate Award)] http://purl.org/au-research/grants/[Australian National University] http://purl.org/au-research/grants/[Curtin University] http://purl.org/au-research/grants/[Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research] WILEY restricted |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Development Studies Economics Business & Economics commodity networks intermediaries and middlemen marketplace Papua New Guinea rural-urban relations trade BETEL NUT OIL PALM TRANSACTIONS MIDDLEMEN EXCHANGE MORALITY ECONOMY GENDER PLACE URBAN Sharp, Timothy Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea |
| title | Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea |
| title_full | Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea |
| title_fullStr | Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea |
| title_short | Intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in Papua New Guinea |
| title_sort | intermediary trading and the transformation of marketplaces in papua new guinea |
| topic | Social Sciences Development Studies Economics Business & Economics commodity networks intermediaries and middlemen marketplace Papua New Guinea rural-urban relations trade BETEL NUT OIL PALM TRANSACTIONS MIDDLEMEN EXCHANGE MORALITY ECONOMY GENDER PLACE URBAN |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/[Australian Government (Australian Postgraduate Award)] http://purl.org/au-research/grants/[Australian Government (Australian Postgraduate Award)] http://purl.org/au-research/grants/[Australian Government (Australian Postgraduate Award)] http://purl.org/au-research/grants/[Australian Government (Australian Postgraduate Award)] http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/97172 |