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The Washington Consensus on Poor Country Agriculture: Analysis, Prescription and Institutional Gaps (2001)
Journal Article
Kydd, J., & Dorward, A. (2001). The Washington Consensus on Poor Country Agriculture: Analysis, Prescription and Institutional Gaps. Development Policy Review, 19(4), 467-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7679.00145

This article reviews the analysis and prescriptions of the current ‘Washington Consensus on Agriculture’ (WCA). The WCA contains much that is to be applauded, but there are also gaps and inconsistencies within and between the analysis of current prob... Read More about The Washington Consensus on Poor Country Agriculture: Analysis, Prescription and Institutional Gaps.

Providing marketing information to smallholders in Zimbabwe: what can the state usefully do? (2000)
Journal Article
Poulton, C., Mukwereza, L., Chaonwa, W., Loader, R., Mariga, K., Masanganise, P., Sanyatwe, D., & Piesse, J. (2000). Providing marketing information to smallholders in Zimbabwe: what can the state usefully do?. Agrekon: Agricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa, 39(4), 718-729. https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2000.9523687

In recent decades, significant international assistance has been provided to assist the establishment of market information systems (MISs) in a range of developing countries, including many in Africa. However, experience with state-run MISs, looking... Read More about Providing marketing information to smallholders in Zimbabwe: what can the state usefully do?.