Rural Development in Tropical Africa

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Rural Development....Pages 1-15
The World Bank and the Peasant Problem....Pages 16-51
Agricultural Policies in Mainland Tanzania, 1946–76....Pages 52-89
Agricultural Development Policy in Kenya from the Colonial Period to 1975....Pages 90-120
Commodity Production in Kenya’s Central Province....Pages 121-142
Ghana, 1951–78: the Agrarian Basis of the Post-colonial State....Pages 143-167
Agrarian Change in Northern Ghana: Public Investment, Capitalist Farming and Famine....Pages 168-192
‘Rural Development’ and the Rural Economy in Niger, 1900–75....Pages 193-221
Agricultural Policies in Nigeria 1900–78....Pages 222-258
Cooperative Policy and Village Development in Northern Nigeria....Pages 259-280
The Kano River Project, Nigeria: the Impact of an Irrigation Scheme on Productivity and Welfare....Pages 281-305
Evaluating the Gezira Scheme: Black Box or Pandora’s Box?....Pages 306-324
The Senegal River Valley....Pages 325-353
Back Matter....Pages 354-375