Decentralization and the social economics of development : lessons from Kenya /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Barrett, Christopher B. (Christopher Brendan) (Editor), Mude, Andrew G. (Editor), Omiti, John (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
Subjects:	Decentralization in government > Kenya. Rural development > Kenya. Agencies and Organizations. Rural Development, (New March 2000) Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000) Decentralization. Democracy. Institutions. Local government. Rural areas. Rural development. Socioeconomics. Kenya > Economic conditions. Kenya > Social conditions. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Decentralization and the social economics of development : an overview of concepts and evidence from Kenya / C.B. Barrett, A.G. Mude and J.M. Omiti
A qualitative analysis of success and failure factors of agricultural cooperatives in central Kenya / J.K. Nyoro and I.K. Ngugi
Institutional incompatibility and deregulation : explaining the dismal performance of Kenya's coffee cooperatives / A.G. Mude
Decentralization, community-based organizations and access to agricultural extension services in eastern Kenya / G.L. Mugunieri and J.M. Omiti
Access to and willingness to pay for, agricultural extension in western Kenya / E. Nambiro and J.M. Omiti
Decentralization of pastoral resources management and its effects on environmental degradation and poverty : experience from northern Kenya / K. Munyao and C.B. Barrett
Linkages between community, environmental, and conflict management : experiences from northern Kenya / G.O. Haro, G.J. Doyo and J.G. McPeak
The unfulfilled promise of microfinance in Kenya : the KDA experience / S.M. Osterloh and C.B. Barrett
The effects of farmer community group participation on rural livelihood in Kenya / D.M. Amudavi
On economic transfers through social networks in Kenya's smallholder sector / H. Hogset.