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Author Badru, Pade, author.

Title International banking and rural development : the World Bank in sub-Saharan Africa / Pade Badru, University of Louisville
Published London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge revivals
Making of modern Africa
Routledge revivals.
Making of modern Africa.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgement; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: The World Bank and the Third World; The Origin of the World Bank; The Bank's Changing Strategies; The World Bank and Africa; Nigeria: The Case Study; Research Objectives; Research Design and a Description of the Project Area; Significance of this Research; Problems with Data Collection; Methodology; Plan of Work; Chapter 2 Controversies Regarding Rural Transformation and Capitalism in the Periphery of the World Economy; Overview; Review of Literature
Theoretical Perspectives on Rural TransformationA. The Neo-classical Model; B. The Political Economy Model; C. The Modes of Production Model; Trends in the 1980s; The World Bank, IRDPs and ADPs; Chapter 3 Agrarian Crisis in Nigeria; Section I: Trends in Agrarian Decline; ADPs: The Controversies; Section II: Brief History of National Planning in Nigeria; I. Politics and Agriculture: Agricultural Revitalization Efforts of the Nigerian State; II. National Food Acceleration Production Programme (NFAPP); III. Operation Feed the Nation (OFN); IV. Green Revolution (GR)
Chapter 4 The World Bank and Agricultural Development Projects in Southeast NigeriaIntroduction: The Project Area; Social Structure of Ikwerre Igbos; Section I :Project Village 1: Ubima Village; Agricultural Development Projects in Rivers State; RISONPALM: Background Information; Data 1: Nucleus Estate at Ubima; Land Acquisition and State Intervention; Capitalist Agriculture vs. Peasant Production; Social Structure of Ubima Village; Section II: The Main Estate: Organizational Structure; Emoluments; Benefits and Conditions at the Main Estate; Success at the Expense of Whom?
Gender Based Discrimination at the Main EstateSection III: Mini-Estates: Smallholding Collectives; Chapter 5 Project Village 2: The Elele Mini-Estates; Section I: The Project Area: A Brief Description of the Impact of Crude Petroleum Exploration on Peasants' Agriculture; Peasants and Big Oil Corporations: The Case of Oguta, Obirikom, Izombe; Obirikom; Izombe; Oguta; Section II: The Smallholder Project; RISADEP Organization and Management Structure; Extension Area; The Smallholder Oil Palm Estate at Elele; RISONPALM and the Elele Mini-Estates; Chapter 6 The Village of Aluu: The Control Village
Location and CharacteristicsEconomic Activities; Gerontocracy and the System of Distribution; The Survey; Women and Farming; Esusu and Collective Work; Crude Petroleum and Environmental Pollution in the Project Area; Chapter 7 Discussion of Findings; Economic Impact of the ADPs; Economic Prosperity: Change or ""Tradition""?; Ubima; Elele; The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP); Changes in Social Relations; Sociological Impact of the ADPs; I. Clan Authority Pattern; II. Marriage System and Bridewealth; III. Collective Work Spirit or Communal Work Ethos; IV. Class Differentiation
Notes "First published 1998 by Ashgate Publishing."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 27, 2018)
Subject World Bank -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
SUBJECT World Bank fast
Subject Rural development projects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Finance
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance -- General.
Economic history
Rural development projects -- Finance
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
SUBJECT Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001675
Subject Sub-Saharan Africa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429853524
0429853521