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Development theory and reality: the World Bank in Northern Ivory Coast

Year: 1988

Type: article

Abstract: The ‘complementarity thesis’ is that food production will benefit from the promotion of an export crop. Critics of this thesis maintain that export crops compete with food crops. Bassett argues that outcomes can only be understood in the light of the specific agrarian and political‐economic contexts in which such policies may be applied. The case of cotton in northern Ivory Coast demonstrates the issues.

Source: Review of African Political Economy

DOI: 10.1080/03056248808703762

Author: Thomas J. Bassett

Language: English

Topic: Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Subfield: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W1975353605

FWCI: 2.161

Cites: 8

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10