1st Edition

Political Settlements and Agricultural Transformation in Africa Evidence for Inclusive Growth

Edited By Martin Atela, Abdul Raufu Mustapha Copyright 2022
220 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the ways in which political settlements can contribute to positive changes in Africa’s agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Contemporary Africa has seen many governments, donors, and commercial private enterprises supporting innovative agricultural and agroprocessing schemes with the purpose of diversifying economies. However, many of the schemes collapse or at best fail... Read more

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview

Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Kate Meagher, and Nicholas Awortwi

Chapter 2. Political Economy and Settlements in Development and Employment Policies in Ethiopia

Assefa Admassie, Kassahun Berhanu Alemu, and Samuel Andreas Admasie

Chapter 3. Political Economy of Agriculture and Unemployment in Kenya

Paul Kamau, Winnie Mitullah, Joshua Kivuva, and Martin Atela

Chapter 4. Political Settlements and the Rice and Cotton Industries in Nigeria

Aremu Fatai Ayinde, Patrick Vandi Kwaghe, Saadu Jijji, and Daniel Egiegba Agbiboa

Chapter 5. Inclusive Growth in the Wheat-Food Processing and Cotton-Textile Value Chains in EthiopiaAssefa Admassie, Kassahun Berhanu Alemu, and Samuel Andreas Admasie

Chapter 6. Employment Creation and Political Settlements in Kenya’s Cut-Flower and Sugar Sub-Sectors

Winnie Mitullah, Paul Kamau, and Joshua Kivuva

Chapter 7. Political Economy of Agriculture and Unemployment in Nigeria

Aremu Fatai Ayinde, Patrick Vandi Kwaghe, Saadu Jijji, Daniel Egiegba Agbiboa and Martin Atela

Biography

Martin Atela heads the Research and Policy Programme, at the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) Nairobi, Kenya.

Abdul Raufu Mustapha was Professor of African Politics at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.