Adjustment and Agriculture in Africa

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Jennifer Clapp

   Pages 1-11

3. Africa, Agriculture and the World Bank

   • Jennifer Clapp

   Pages 12-35

4. Guinea’s Agricultural Sector in Historical Perspective

   • Jennifer Clapp

   Pages 36-58

5. The Politics of Reform Implementation

   • Jennifer Clapp

   Pages 59-88

6. Agricultural Performance and Farmer Decision-Making

   • Jennifer Clapp

   Pages 89-112

7. Trade and Marketing of Agricultural Products

   • Jennifer Clapp

   Pages 113-131

8. The Bank’s Agricultural Project and Policy Strategy

   • Jennifer Clapp

   Pages 132-160

9. The World Bank and Africa’s Future Prospects

   • Jennifer Clapp

   Pages 161-178

10. Back Matter

    Pages 179-216

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With the adoption of a World Bank-sponsored structural adjustment programme in the mid-1980s, Guinea underwent a dramatic change in its economic and agricultural policies. The country's experience over the past decade illustrates some of the most pressing problems encountered by African countries pursuing economic reform. This book analyses these difficulties by examining the adjustment experience in Guinea as it affected the country's overall political economy and the agricultural sector in particular. It also places this case within the broader context of African adjustment.

• Agricultural Sector
• agriculture
• economy
• marketing
• political economy
• strategy
• trade
• development policy

• Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Canada

  Jennifer Clapp

JENNIFER CLAPP

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