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Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies

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  • Bates, Robert

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To be underdeveloped is to be poor. It is also to be agrarian. Markets and States in Tropical Africa represents an effort to comprehend the economics of development by analyzing the politics of agrarian societies.

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  • Bates, Robert, 1981. "Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies," MPRA Paper 86293, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2005.
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    Keywords

    Africa; Development; Politics;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F00 - International Economics - - General - - - General
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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