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Title:State-NGO Relations in an Era of Globalisation: The Implications for Agricultural Development in Africa
Authors:Puplampu, Korbla P.ISNI
Tettey, Wisdom J.
Year:2000
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy
Volume:27
Issue:84
Period:June
Pages:251-272
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:political systems
agricultural development
Politics and Government
international relations
Development and Technology
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
External links:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240008704458
http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4C75B7FCAAF07578E536
Abstract:The crisis of the State in Africa has been a dominant feature of the continent's sociopolitical and development discourse in the last two decades. In a region where agriculture is the engine of development and the State plays an active role in agriculture, the crisis of the State has created a vacuum in the institutional framework required for agricultural development. NGOs, consistent with globalization, have emerged and filled the vacuum as viable institutions for agricultural development. This study examines State-NGO relations during globalization and the implications of that relationship for agricultural development in Africa. It contends that State-NGO relations are uncertain and that this uncertainty, complicated by the market-driven agenda of global reforms, does not bode well for the long-term institutional capacity building required for agricultural development. The basis of the uncertainty is traced to political and economic factors which structure the relationship between the two sides and define the nature of investment in the agricultural sector. The study evaluates the policy implications of this relationship for agricultural development with specific reference to agricultural marketing and research institutions, before concluding with suggestions of how State-NGO relations can be organized to benefit African agricultural development. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum.
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