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Title:Peasants and Economic Development: Lessons for Africa
Author:Kofi, Tetteh A.
Year:1977
Periodical:African Studies Review
Volume:20
Issue:3
Period:December
Pages:91-119
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:dual economy
agricultural development
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/523756
Abstract:This paper argues that the dualistic theories and strategies of economic development are insensitive to the agrarian sector and its institutions. Under this strategy the peasant sector is first destroyed before be-ing transformed. It is suggested that a more humane strategy to transform the agrarian economics of the African societies will be one modeled after the populist ideologies of the Narodniki in theory and Maoism in practice. A synthesis of Narodniki or Russian populist theories is presented followed by an analysis of the Maoist strategy of development. Do the Russian agrarian reformers theories together with the Chinese experience provide Africa with an alternative strategy for transforming its agrarian economies? This question is examined by evaluating the past and present development strategies of Africa in the light of Chinese experience. Ref., notes, tables, figure.
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