Institutions and the agricultural development challenge in Africa

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dc.creatorDorward, Andrew R.
dc.creatorKirsten, Johann F.
dc.creatorPoulton, Colin
dc.creatorOmamo, Steven Were
dc.date2009
dc.date2024-11-21T09:57:06Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:57:06Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:55:33Z
dc.descriptionThe purpose of this chapter is to introduce some of the major themes of the book and to discuss their importance to the challenges facing agricultural development and policy analysis in Africa. The chapter starts with a broad overview of the agricultural development policy challenges, noting some of the successes and failures in agricultural development. Section 1.2 provides an overview of past policy trends in agricultural development. In Section 1.3 the importance of complementary technical, infrastructural, and institutional changes in economic development is recognized, with a focus on the role that institutions play in this process. A distinction is drawn between the institutional environment and institutional arrangements and, within the latter, between gift exchange, hierarchies, and markets. Section 1.4 concludes.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161658
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/89586
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896297814BK
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceDorward, Andrew R.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Omamo, S. Were; Poulton, Colin; and Vink, Nick. 2009. Institutions and the agricultural development challenge in Africa. In Institutional economics perspectives on African agricultural development. ed. Johann F. Kirsten, Andrew R. Dorward, Colin Poulton, and Nick Vink. Chapter 1. Pp. 3-34. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161658
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectcase studies
dc.subjectnatural resources management
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.titleInstitutions and the agricultural development challenge in Africa
dc.typeBook Chapter

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