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Understanding Uneven Agricultural Liberalisation in Madagascar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Christopher B. Barrett
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Most African states have been engaged in market-oriented economic reforms for the better part of a decade, if not longer. One characteristic of their liberalisation efforts that stands out in empirical studies is the unevenness with which measures have been agreed and implemented. But how do we understand what has been proposed and pursued? Who have been the principal players, what have been their motivations and strategies, when have they been able to influence the choices to be made, and have these conditioned the environment for successive proposals? In short, what are the dynamics of economic liberalisation in contemporary African economics, and what are the prospects for the durability and extension of market-oriented reforms? These questions motivate reflections on the checkered history of agricultural liberalisation in Madagascar.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 449 - 476
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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