1st Edition
The Transformation of Rural Africa
Introduction: Africa’s Unfolding Economic Transformation 1. Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts 2. Africa’s Evolving Employment Trends 3. Understanding the Role of Rural Non-Farm Enterprises in Africa’s Economic Transformation: Evidence from Tanzania 4. Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 5. Youth Migration and Labour Constraints in African Agrarian Households 6. The Quiet Rise of Large-Scale Trading Firms in East and Southern Africa 7. Micro-Level Welfare Impacts of Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from Rural Malawi 8. Changing Patterns of Wealth Distribution: Evidence from Ghana
Biography
T. S. Jayne is University Foundation Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. He is also Co-Director of the Alliance for African Partnership, and a Distinguished Fellow of the African Association of Agricultural Economists.
Jordan Chamberlin is a Spatial Economist with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, based in Ethiopia.
Rui Benfica is a Lead Economist at the Research and Impact Assessment Division, Strategy and Knowledge Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, Italy.
