Decentralization and the social economics of development
Subtitle: lessons from Kenya
By: edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude, John M. Omiti.
Contributors: Barrett, Christopher B.; Mude, Andrew G.; Omiti, John.
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845932695
Subjects: Rural development -- Kenya; Decentralization in government -- Kenya; Kenya -- Economic conditions; Kenya -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: A qualitative analysis of success and failure factors of agricultural cooperatives in central Kenya / James Karanja Nyoro and Isaac Komo Ngugi; title: Institutional incompatibility and deregulation: explaining the dismal performance of Kenya's coffee cooperatives / Andrew G. Mude; title: Decentralization, community-based organizations and access to agricultural extension services in eastern Kenya / Godiah L. Mugunieri and John M. Omiti; title: Access to and willingness to pay for agricultural extension in western Kenya / Elizabeth Nambiro and John M. Omiti; title: Decentralization of pastoral resources management and its effects on environmental degradation and poverty: experience from northern Kenya / Kioko Munyao and Christopher B. Barrett; title: Linkages between community, environmental, and conflict management: experiences from northern Kenya / Guyo O. Haro, Godana J. Doyo and John G. McPeak; title: The unfulfilled promise of microfinance in Kenya: the KDA experience / Sharon M. Osterloh and Christopher B. Barrett; title: The effects of farmer community group participation on rural livelihoods in Kenya / David M. Amudavi; title: On economic transfers through social networks in Kenya's smallholder sector / Heidi Hogset.