CIAO DATE: 10/2009
May 2008
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
In this chapter, we explore patterns of variation in the content of agricultural policies in Africa. We look at the impact of the government's need for revenues, the incentives for farmers to lobby, and their capacity to affect electoral outcomes. We also explore the political impact of regional inequality, especially insofar as it is generated by cash crop production. These factors operate in ways that deepen our appreciation of the impact of politics on the making of agricultural policies.
Resource link: The Political Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa [PDF] - 288K