Institutions and Agrarian Development A New Approach to West Africa /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Bulte, Erwin (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Richards, Paul (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Voors, Maarten (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy,
• Θέματα: Agricultural economics.; Development economics.; Africa-Economic conditions.; Economic growth.; Agricultural Economics.; Development Economics.; African Economics.; Economic Growth.

This book argues that development strategies have thus far failed in Western Africa because the many challenges afflicting the area have yet to be explored and understood from the perspective of institutional resources. With a particular focus on three countries on the bend of the Upper West African...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Not All Is Markets
• 3. Institutions on the Upper West African Forest Edge: A Fourfold Ordering
• 4. Customary West African Rural Factor Markets
• 5. Chiefs and Chieftaincy
• 6. Institutional Clash: Empirical Evidence from Case Studies
• 7. Agrarian Development in West Africa: Possibilities for Institutional Reform?
• 8. Conclusion.