Volumes 41 - 46: Recent submissions
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Can Agro?dealers Deliver the Green Revolution in Kenya?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/7/2011)Kenya is in many ways the ‘poster child’ for Africa's new Green Revolution, with numerous public?private partnerships promoting agricultural innovation and rural entrepreneurship through a growing network of agro?dealers. ... -
From Farmer Participation to Pro?poor Seed Markets: The Political Economy of Commercial Cereal Seed Networks in Ghana
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/7/2011)The current agricultural policy discourse in Ghana emphasises ‘pro?poor market’ approaches to seeds and input delivery systems by creating public?private partnerships and an enabling environment for agri?business. This has ... -
Plant Breeding in Sub?Saharan Africa in an Era of Donor Dependence
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/7/2011)Since the Asian Green Revolution, plant breeding has been seen as a core capacity in most agricultural research institutes around the world, including those in Africa. Outside some private sector breeding for hybrid maize ... -
The Political Ecology of Cereal Seed Development in Africa: A History of Selection
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/7/2011)Agricultural history and the history of seeds in sub?Saharan Africa are an aggregate effect of individual day?to?day decisions by farmers. The role of seeds within an agricultural system can be a valuable indicator of both ... -
The Politics of Seed in Africa's Green Revolution: Alternative Narratives and Competing Pathways
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/7/2011)As calls for a ‘Uniquely African Green Revolution’ gain momentum, a focus on seeds and seed systems is rising up the agricultural policy agenda. Much of the debate stresses the technological or market dimensions, with ... -
Whose Power to Control? Some Reflections on Seed Systems and Food Security in a Changing World
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/7/2011)Four key words are essential in understanding the changing global food system: power, control, risks and benefits. The interplay between state and private actors vying to influence the direction of change, and use whatever ... -
Crowdsourcing Crop Improvement in Sub?Saharan Africa: A Proposal for a Scalable and Inclusive Approach to Food Security
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/7/2011)In sub?Saharan Africa, modern varieties released by the formal seed sector cover only a small part of the total crop acreage. Participatory approaches to crop improvement and seed production have been developed to overcome ... -
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Introduction: Working with the Grain? The Africa Power and Politics Programme
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)At the heart of current policy thinking about Africa there is a significant knowledge gap concerning governance and development. This IDS Bulletin is concerned with what can be done about that, drawing on the initial ... -
Towards a Theory of Local Governance and Public Goods Provision
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)Under?provision of essential public goods is making development in Africa slower and more inequitable than it needs to be. A good part of this problem concerns the governance of provision at sub?national levels. This article ... -
Local Governance and Public Goods in Malawi
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)This article outlines the impact of local governance institutions on public goods provision in contemporary Malawi. Three cases – on safe birthing, market management, and public safety – are presented. These demonstrate ... -
The Eight Modes of Local Governance in West Africa
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)Used in an analytical and non?normative way, the concept of governance may be taken to refer to any organised method of delivering public or collective services and goods according to specific logics and norms, and to ... -
Local Powers and the Co?delivery of Public Goods in Niger
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)The provision of public goods in Niger involves in almost all cases complex forms of co-production, with several actors and ‘modes of governance’ contributing within a variety of delivery configurations. How well goods are ... -
Makeni City Council and the Politics of Co?production in Post?conflict Sierra Leone
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)Policymakers in Sierra Leone have identified recently established local councils as the main vehicles for delivering on commitments to improve local public goods provision, but little is known about which strategies work ... -
Rethinking the Relationship between Neo?patrimonialism and Economic Development in Africa
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)Is it possible to work with the grain of neo?patrimonial politics to boost investment and growth in Africa? Current donor orthodoxy is that neo?patrimonialism is irredeemably bad for economic development, but evidence from ... -
Popular Concepts of Justice and Hybrid Judicial Institutions in Ghana
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)The provision of effective, legitimate and accessible justice is one of the most fundamental public goods expected from a well?governed state. In this article, we compare the legitimacy of three state or state?supported ... -
Neo?patrimonialism, Institutions and Economic Growth: The Case of Malawi, 1964–2009
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)For significant periods Malawi's economy has performed as well or better than might have been expected given its geographical location and natural resource endowments. Underlying these promising episodes is a pattern of ... -
Conclusion: Rethinking African Governance and Development
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/3/2011)This article draws together the main strands of argument being developed by the Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP), as reflected in this IDS Bulletin. The central question is what kinds of governance arrangements ... -
Notes on Contributors
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Towards a New Political Economy of Climate Change and Development
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/5/2011)In this article, the authors propose a new political economy of climate change and development in which explicit attention is given to the way that ideas, power and resources are conceptualised, negotiated and implemented ...