1st Edition
International Banking and Rural Development The World Bank in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Pade Badru
Copyright 1998
171 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
171 Pages
by
Routledge
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Published in 1998, this book reviews two of the World Bank's agricultural development projects in southeast Nigeria, and concludes that the objectives of these projects - which include reducing rural poverty and developing indigenous capacity for rural development - have not been fully realized. This book concludes that what these projects have achieved in the past, was the increasing integration... Read more
1. Introduction: The World Bank and the Third World 2. Controversies Regarding Rural Transformation and Capitalism in the Periphery of the World Economy 3. Agrarian Crisis in Nigeria 4. The World Bank and Agricultural Development Projects in Southeast Nigeria 5. Project Village 2: The Elele Mini-Estates 6. The Village Aluu: The Control Village 7. Discussion of Findings 8. Conclusion.
Biography
Pade Badru
