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Social institutions and access to resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Sara Berry
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For over a decade African economies have been plagued by recurrent food shortages, economic decline and growing disparities between the living standards of rich and poor. To a large extent food shortages and rural impoverishment may be attributed to external shocks—world recession, oil price shocks, deteriorating terms of trade and mounting debt service obligations—compounded in the 1970s and early 1980s by drought and war. In addition government policies have exacerbated the effects of adverse environmental and world market trends, aggravating rather than alleviating food shortages and depressing rural output and incomes.

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Institutions sociales, accès aux ressources et changements agraires en Afrique

Pendant plus d'une décennie, les économies africaines ont périodiquement souffert de pénuries alimentaires, du déclin économique et des disproportions croissantes du niveau de vie entre les pauvres et les riches. Cet article décrit quelques unes des stratégies employées par les fermiers pour enrayer la crise et explore leurs implications en matière de performance agricole. On soutient que 1) la prolifération des voies d'accès développe la diversification, l'investissement dans les relations sociales et une préférence pour la rapidité de rendement et les liquidités tout en étant renforcée par ceux-ci; et que 2) la perpétuation des accès grâce à l'identité sociale entraîne un autre investissement dans les institutions comme voies d'accès potentielles.

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Access, control and use of resources in African agriculture
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Africa , Volume 59 , Issue 1: Access, control and use of resources in African Agriculture , January 1989 , pp. 41 - 55
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Copyright © International African Institute 1989

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