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Rural Development in Tropical Africa

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Judith Heyer

    1. Somerville College, Oxford, UK
      Queen Elizabeth House, UK

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  2. Pepe Roberts

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Liverpool, UK

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  3. Gavin Williams

    1. Queen Elizabeth House, UK
      St Peter’s College, Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Rural Development

    • Judith Heyer, Pepe Roberts, Gavin Williams
    Pages 1-15

  3. The World Bank and the Peasant Problem

    • Gavin Williams
    Pages 16-51

  4. Agricultural Policies in Mainland Tanzania, 1946–76

    • Andrew Coulson
    Pages 52-89

  5. Agricultural Development Policy in Kenya from the Colonial Period to 1975

    • Judith Heyer
    Pages 90-120

  6. Commodity Production in Kenya’s Central Province

    • Michael Cowen
    Pages 121-142

  7. Ghana, 1951–78: the Agrarian Basis of the Post-colonial State

    • Bjorn Beckman
    Pages 143-167

  8. Agrarian Change in Northern Ghana: Public Investment, Capitalist Farming and Famine

    • Andrew Shepherd
    Pages 168-192

  9. ‘Rural Development’ and the Rural Economy in Niger, 1900–75

    • Pepe Roberts
    Pages 193-221

  10. Agricultural Policies in Nigeria 1900–78

    • Tom Forrest
    Pages 222-258

  11. Cooperative Policy and Village Development in Northern Nigeria

    • Roger King
    Pages 259-280

  12. The Kano River Project, Nigeria: the Impact of an Irrigation Scheme on Productivity and Welfare

    • Tina Wallace
    Pages 281-305

  13. Evaluating the Gezira Scheme: Black Box or Pandora’s Box?

    • Tony Barnett
    Pages 306-324

  14. The Senegal River Valley

    • Adrian Adams
    Pages 325-353

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 354-375
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Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

  • Somerville College, Oxford, UK

    Judith Heyer

  • Queen Elizabeth House, UK

    Judith Heyer, Gavin Williams

  • Department of Sociology, University of Liverpool, UK

    Pepe Roberts

  • St Peter’s College, Oxford, UK

    Gavin Williams

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rural Development in Tropical Africa

  • Editors: Judith Heyer, Pepe Roberts, Gavin Williams

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05318-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-05318-6Published: 18 June 1981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 375

  • Topics: Industries

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