| Description |
1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Decentralization and the social economics of development: an overview of concepts and evidence from Kenya / Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude and John M. Omiti -- A qualitative analysis of success and failure factors of agricultural cooperatives in central Kenya / James Karanja Nyoro and Isaac Komo Ngugi -- Institutional incompatibility and deregulation: explaining the dismal performance of Kenya's coffee cooperatives / Andrew G. Mude -- Decentralization, community-based organizations and access to agricultural extension services in eastern Kenya / Godiah L. Mugunieri and John M. Omiti -- Access to and willingness to pay for agricultural extension in western Kenya / Elizabeth Nambiro and John M. Omiti -- Decentralization of pastoral resources management and its effects on environmental degradation and poverty: experience from northern Kenya / Kioko Munyao and Christopher B. Barrett -- Linkages between community, environmental, and conflict management: experiences from northern Kenya / Guyo O. Haro, Godana J. Doyo and John G. McPeak -- The unfulfilled promise of microfinance in Kenya: the KDA experience / Sharon M. Osterloh and Christopher B. Barrett -- The effects of farmer community group participation on rural livelihoods in Kenya / David M. Amudavi -- On economic transfers through social networks in Kenya's smallholder sector / Heidi Hogset |
| Summary |
Examining the successes, failures, possibilities and limitations of efforts across rural Kenya, this book analyses the socioeconomic and institutional prerequisites for decentralization, and the role of community groups and producer organizations in reducing poverty and promoting empowerment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Rural development -- Kenya
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Decentralization in government -- Kenya
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
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Decentralization.
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Democracy.
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Institutions.
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Local government.
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Rural areas.
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Rural development.
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Socioeconomics.
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Decentralization in government
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Economic history
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Rural development
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Kenya -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85071994
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Kenya -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072007
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| Subject |
Kenya
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barrett, Christopher B. (Christopher Brendan)
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Mude, Andrew G
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Omiti, John
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| ISBN |
9781845932701 |
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1845932706 |
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