list of figures - Terry Sunderland

Figure 116. Correlation between range (distance km) and costs of rattan (CFA)
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7.6.4 Profitability and size of urban market
Although, to some degree, profits are determined by the size of the urban market
concerned, and there is a correlation to suggest as much (Pearson’s correlation
coefficient r = 0.729, P < 0.01), cultural and socio-economic factors are also
somewhat influential in this regard. For example, towns with little economic status
where the rattan market is aimed primarily at the indigenous, and often poorer,
proportion of the population, have smaller profit margins (Yokadouma and Mamfe).
Towns with greater economic status, higher incomes and greater concentrations of expatriots
10 have greater profit margins (Kribi and Limbe). Cosmopolitan cities such as
Douala (the economic capital of Cameroon) and Yaoundé (a large proportion of the
population of which is comprised of civil servants and their dependants) provide rattan
10 In contrast to the indigenous market, rattan is a favoured product for ex-patriots working in
Cameroon and hence the increased profit margins in towns with high concentrations of resident, or
visiting (for tourist areas), ex-patriots.
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