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African Farmers, Value Chains and Agricultural Development

An Economic and Institutional Perspective

By: Alan de Brauw,Erwin Bulte

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African Farmers, Value Chains and Agricultural Development

An Economic and Institutional Perspective

By: Alan de Brauw,Erwin Bulte

This book provides a thorough introduction to and examination of agricultural value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, the authors introduce the economic theory of agri-food value chains and value chain governance, focusing on domestic and regional trade in (and consumption of) food crops in a low-income country context. In addition to mainstream and heterodox thinking about value chain development, the book pays attention to political economy considerations. The book also reviews the empirical evidence on value chain development and performance in Africa. It adopts multiple lenses to examine agricultural value chains, zooming out from the micro level (e.g., relational contracting in a context of market imperfections) to the meso level (e.g., distributional implications of various value chain interventions, inclusion of specific social groups) and the macro level (underlying income, population and urbanization trends, volumes and prices, etc.).Furthermore, this book places value chain development in the context of a process the authors refer to as structural transformation 2.0, which refers to a process where production factors (labor, land and capital) move from low-productivity agriculture to high-productivity agriculture. Finally, throughout the book the authors interpret the evidence in light of three important debates: (i) how competitive are rural factor and product markets, and what does this imply for distribution and innovation? (ii) what role do foreign investment and factor proportions play in the development of agri-food value chains in Africa? (iii) what complementary government policies can help facilitate a process of agricultural value chain transformation, towards high-productive activities and enhancing the capacity of value chains to generate employment opportunities and food security for a growing population.

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303088693X

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Institutions and Agrarian Development

A New Approach to West Africa

By: Erwin Bulte,Paul Richards,Maarten Voors

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Institutions and Agrarian Development

A New Approach to West Africa

By: Erwin Bulte,Paul Richards,Maarten Voors

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 coast – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – this book offers a theory to account for the nature of these institutional elements, to test deductions against evidence, and finally to propose a reset for rural development policy to make fuller use of local institutional resources. Based on quantitative analysis and eight years of multidisciplinary field research, this volume features several large-scale RCTs in the domain of rural development, local governance, and nature conservation. The authors address one of the biggest topics in agricultural and development economics today: the structural transformation of poor, agrarian economies, and they do so through the important and unique lens of institutions.

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3319985000

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Institutions and Agrarian Development

A New Approach to West Africa

By: Erwin Bulte,Paul Richards,Maarten Voors

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A New Approach to West Africa

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African Farmers, Value Chains and Agricultural Development

An Economic and Institutional Perspective

By: Alan de Brauw,Erwin Bulte

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An Economic and Institutional Perspective

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Environmental Economics

Critical Concepts in the Environment

By: Charles F. Mason,Erwin H. Bulte

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Environmental Economics

Critical Concepts in the Environment

By: Charles F. Mason,Erwin H. Bulte

Environmental economics is dedicated to the analysis of externalities (i.e. the side-effects or consequences of industrial or commercial activities that are not reflected in market prices), including the characterization of possible manifestations, appropriate policy remedies, measurement of the benefits and costs of treating externalities, and the implications for both short- and long-term societal well-being. Such analyses embrace a large number of increasingly urgent issues, including efficiency (are decisions made in such a way as to minimize costs to society?), scarcity (are we running out of key resources, including environmental attributes such as clean drinking water and clean air?), and sustainability (will future generations be able to enjoy a similar standard of living as do current generations?). In four volumes, this new Routledge Major Work brings together the best foundational and cutting-edge research on these and other vital topics to provide a conspectus of a vibrant and internationally important field. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to be valued by all scholars and students of environmental economics as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.

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0415360587

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9780415360586

The Economics of Nature

Managing Biological Assets

By: G. Cornelis Van Kooten,Erwin H. Bulte

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The Economics of Nature

Managing Biological Assets

By: G. Cornelis Van Kooten,Erwin H. Bulte

The Economics of Nature Management takes a unique "portfolio management" perspective on the worldwide deterioration of the natural environment.

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0631218955

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Environmental Economics

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