Fukunishi Delivering Sustainable Growth in Africa

African Farmers and Firms in a Changing World
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-37782-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 227 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: IDE-JETRO Series

The purpose of this book is to fill the lack of micro evidences on a structural change of African producers. By collecting studies on single industries, we attempt to demonstrate firms' and farmers' responses to the recent economic trend such as growth of demand, emergence of FDI and improvement in infrastructure.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fukunishi, Takahiro

Fukunishi, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: African Farmers and Firms in a Changing World; Takahiro Fukunishi 2. The Governance of Global Value Chains, Upgrading Processes and Agricultural Producers in Sub-Saharan Africa; Jodie Keane 3. Fresh Pineapple Export Industry in Ghana: Role of Smallholders in the High-Value Horticultural Supply Chain; Aya Suzuki 4. The Beer Industry and Contract Farming in Uganda; Akio Nishiura 5. Export-Oriented Garment Industry in Madagascar: Implication of FDI to the Local Economy; Takahiro Fukunishi and Herinjatovo Aimé Ramiarison 6. Local Construction Enterprises in Transition: Empirical Evidence from Burkina Faso (2004-2010); Tomomi Tokuori

Über Autor(innen)

Takahiro Fukunishi is Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan

Machiko Nissanke is a Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK


Jodie Keane is a Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK


Aya Suzuki is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan


Akio Nishiura is a Professor at Soka University, Japan


Herinjatovo Aimé Ramiarison is a Professor at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar


Tomomi Tokuori works at the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan