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‘I Sell My Labor Now’: Gender and Livelihood Diversification in Uganda (2004)
Journal Article
Dolan, C. (2004). ‘I Sell My Labor Now’: Gender and Livelihood Diversification in Uganda. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 25(4), 665-683. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2004.9669007

During the 1990s, the economic reform policies adopted by the Ugandan government delivered some of the highest growth rates in Africa. However, despite Uganda's impressive macroeconomic performance, poverty remains intractable among certain groups su... Read More about ‘I Sell My Labor Now’: Gender and Livelihood Diversification in Uganda.

A Gendered Value Chain Approach to Codes of Conduct in African Horticulture (2003)
Journal Article
Barrientos, S., Dolan, C., & Tallontire, A. (2003). A Gendered Value Chain Approach to Codes of Conduct in African Horticulture. World Development, 31(9), 1511-1526. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X%2803%2900110-4

Codes of conduct covering the employment conditions of Southern producers exporting to European markets mushroomed throughout the 1990s, especially in the horticulture sector linking UK and European supermarkets with export firms in Africa. The major... Read More about A Gendered Value Chain Approach to Codes of Conduct in African Horticulture.

Gender and Witchcraft in Agrarian Transition: The Case of Kenyan Horticulture (2002)
Journal Article
Dolan, C. (2002). Gender and Witchcraft in Agrarian Transition: The Case of Kenyan Horticulture. Development and Change, 33(4), 659-681. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7660.00274

This article examines the social effects of contract farming of export horticulture among smallholders in Meru District, Kenya. During the 1980s and 1990s, contracting was popularized by donors and governments alike as a way to reduce poverty and inc... Read More about Gender and Witchcraft in Agrarian Transition: The Case of Kenyan Horticulture.

The Meru (2002)
Book Chapter
Dolan, C. (2002). The Meru. In C. R. Ember, M. Ember, & I. Skoggard (Eds.), Encyclopedia of World Cultures (212-215). Macmillan Press

The 'Good Wife': Struggles over Land and Labour in the Kenyan Horticultural Sector (2001)
Journal Article
Dolan, C. (2001). The 'Good Wife': Struggles over Land and Labour in the Kenyan Horticultural Sector. The Journal of Development Studies, 37(3), 39-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380412331321961

This paper examines how the contracting of French beans has engendered conflict over rights, obligations and resources in Meru District, Kenya. In response to pressure for agricultural diversification and the expanding European market for "gourmet" v... Read More about The 'Good Wife': Struggles over Land and Labour in the Kenyan Horticultural Sector.

From What We Wear to What We Eat: Upgrading in Global Value Chains (2001)
Journal Article
Dolan, C., & Tewari, M. (2001). From What We Wear to What We Eat: Upgrading in Global Value Chains. IDS Bulletin, 32(3), 94-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2001.mp32003010.x

In recent academic debates, upgrading has emerged as a key way for developing countries to meet the competitive challenges of globalisation and trade liberalisation. This article draws on global commodity chains literature to comparatively explore th... Read More about From What We Wear to What We Eat: Upgrading in Global Value Chains.

What it Means to be Restructured: ‘Non-traditional’ Commodities and Structural Adjustment in sub-Saharan Africa (2000)
Book Chapter
Little, P. D., & Dolan, C. (2000). What it Means to be Restructured: ‘Non-traditional’ Commodities and Structural Adjustment in sub-Saharan Africa. In A. Haugerud, P. M. Stone, & P. D. Little (Eds.), Commodities and Globalization: Anthropological Perspectives (59-78). Rowman and Littlefield

Governance and Trade in Fresh Vegetables: The Impact of UK Supermarkets on the African Horticulture Industry (2000)
Journal Article
Dolan, C., & Humphrey, J. (2000). Governance and Trade in Fresh Vegetables: The Impact of UK Supermarkets on the African Horticulture Industry. The Journal of Development Studies, 37(2), 147-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/713600072

Production of fresh vegetables for export has grown rapidly in a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade. This trade brings producers and exporters based in Africa together with importers and retailers in Europe. Large retailer... Read More about Governance and Trade in Fresh Vegetables: The Impact of UK Supermarkets on the African Horticulture Industry.

Conflict and Compliance: Christianity and the Occult in Horticultural Exporting (1999)
Journal Article
Dolan, C. (1999). Conflict and Compliance: Christianity and the Occult in Horticultural Exporting. Gender & Development, 7(1), 23-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/741922937

The introduction of new export crops in the early 1990s upset the customary division of labour between men and women in Meru District, Kenya, and led to conflict over land, labour, and income. Women's workload increased; their earnings did not. They... Read More about Conflict and Compliance: Christianity and the Occult in Horticultural Exporting.