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West Africa's agriculture has, for 150 years, been heavily geared toward export, yet the region is one of the world's poorest. Keith Hart examines this question, focusing particularly on how this situation has affected the indigenous peoples of West Africa. Commerce has grown impressively, but productivity remains low and capital accumulation is retarded. The reasons exist primarily in internal conditions shaping social institutions. Before, during, and since colonialism, the particular problems
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- Author
- Keith Hart
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1982
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511558016
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Economics, Social Science, Education
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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