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Title:The Limits of Policy Reform in African Agricultural Development: A Comment on the World Bank's Agenda
Author:Shapiro, Kenneth H.
Year:1984
Periodical:Rural Africana
Volume:19-20
Period:Spring/Fall
Pages:63-68
Language:English
Geographic terms:Subsaharan Africa
Africa
Subjects:development plans
agricultural policy
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Development and Technology
Politics and Government
international relations
Abstract:The World Bank's 1981 report, 'Accelerated Development in Sub-Saharan. Africa: An Agenda for Action', is widely viewed as a call for policy reform by African governments. This paper assesses the relative magnitude of the benefits likely to flow from policy reform specifically in agriculture. While the author agrees with the bank report's message that policy reform is needed if African agriculture is to develop more rapidly, he disagrees with the magnitude of benefits the report implies will flow from policy reform, as well as with the emphasis on policy reform over agricultural research, education, and extension. Ref., tab.
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