Political Settlements and Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Evidence for Inclusive Growth

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Martin Atela (Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Kenya) Abdul Raufu Mustapha

Political Settlements and Agricultural Transformation in Africa

Evidence for Inclusive Growth

Martin Atela (Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Kenya), Abdul Raufu Mustapha

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Routledge
26 August 2024

Development studies; Ethnic studies; Politics & government; Economics; Development economics

Series: Routledge Studies on the Political Economy of Africa

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 to generate the needed jobs. Focusing on case studies in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ethiopia, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach that combines economic analysis, life histories, policy approaches methods, and political economy theory to reframe the field with new questions. The contributors offer alternative explanations for the failure of employment creation schemes in Africa and show how political settlements can bring together stakeholders to settle on win–win approaches to productive employment schemes and inclusive development.

Providing new insights on the political economy of agrarian and labour relations in Africa, this book will be of interest to policy actors and development practitioners wishing to support inclusive growth in Africa, as well as to scholars of African politics and economics, public policy, and development.

Edited by: Martin Atela (Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) Kenya), Abdul Raufu Mustapha
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780367707798
ISBN 10: 0367707799
Series: Routledge Studies on the Political Economy of Africa
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. Political Settlements, Economic Transformation, and Inclusive Growth in Africa: Introduction and Overview 2. Political Economy and Settlements in Development and Employment Policies in Ethiopia 3. Political Economy of Agriculture and Unemployment in Kenya 4. Political Settlements and the Rice and Cotton Industries in Nigeria 5. Inclusive Growth in the Wheat-Food Processing and Cotton-Textile Value Chains in Ethiopia 6. Employment Creation and Political Settlements in Kenya’s Cut-Flower and Sugar Sub-Sectors 7. Political Economy of Agriculture and Unemployment in Nigeria

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.