Privatisation, empowerment and accountability: What are the policy implications for establishing effective farmer organisations?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 285-295

  Mbeche, Robert M ^a   Dorward, Peter ^b  

^a Responsive Forest Governance Initiative   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elite capture; KTDA; Participation; Policy reform; Smallholder tea; Sustainable organisation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPOWERMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRIVATIZATION; SMALLHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEA;

KENYA;

EID: 84884243510     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Africa Progress Panel An agenda for progress at a time of global crisis: a call for African leadership. Annual Report for the Africa Progress Panel, 2009. Geneva, Switzerland 2009.
2. Bennell P. Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa: progress and prospects during the 1990s. World Development 1997, 25:1785-1803.
3. Bryman A. Social Research Methods 2004, Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2nd ed.
4. Cabral L., Scoones I. Narratives of agricultural policy in Africa: what role for Ministries of Agriculture? A Paper for the Future Agricultures Consortium Workshop. Institute of Development Studies, 20-22 March, 2006 2006.
5. Chambers R. Ideas for development: reflecting forwards. IDS Working Paper No. 238 2004, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, Sussex.
6. Chirwa E., Dorward A., Kachule R., Kumwenda I., Kydd J., Poole N., Poulton C., Stockbridge M. Walking tightropes: supporting farmer organisations for market access. Natural Resources Perspectives No. 99 2005, Overseas Development Institute, London.
7. Cooke B., Kothari U. The case of participation as a Tyranny. Participation: The New Tyranny? 2001, Zed Books, London. B. Cooke, U. Kothari (Eds.).
8. Crossby B.L. Policy implementation: the organisational challenge. World Development 1996, 24:1403-1415.
9. Dasgupta A., Beard V.A. Community driven development, collective action and elite capture in Indonesia. Development and Change 2007, 38:229-249.
10. Donaldson D., Wagle D.M. Privatisation, Principles and Practice 1995, World Bank and International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC.
11. Dorward A.R., Kydd J.G., Morrison J.A., Urey I. A policy agenda for pro-poor agricultural growth. World Development 2004, 32:73-89.
12. FAO World Tea Production Reaches New Highs: Intergovernmental Group on Tea Meets in Bali 2005, Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome.
13. Friedman S. Participatory governance and citizen action in post-apartheid South Africa. Discussion Paper No.164 2006, International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva.
14. Grimm M., Klasen S., McKay A. Determinants of Pro-Poor Growth: Analytic Issues and Findings from Country Cases 2007, Palgrave-Macmillan, Basingstoke.
15. Hall A.T., Bowen M.G., Ferris G.R., Royle M.T., Fitzgibbons D.E. The accountability lens: a new way to view management issues. Business Horizons 2007, 50:405-413.
16. Hickey S., Mohan G. Relocating participation with radical politics of development. Development and Change 2005, 36:237-262.
17. Hussein K. Farmers' Organisations and Agricultural Technology: Institutions that Give Farmers a Voice 1999, ODI, London.
18. IFAD Rural Poverty Report 2001, The Challenge of Ending Rural Poverty 2001, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome.
19. IFAD Achieving the Millennium Development Goals by Enabling the Rural Poor to Overcome their Poverty. Panel Paper for the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Session of IFAD's Governing Council 2003.
20. Kherallah M., Delgado C., Gabre-Madhin E., Minot N., Johnson M. Reforming Agricultural Markets in Africa 2002, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.
21. KSSTGA Proceedings of the First Annual Small Scale Tea Growers Conference, Friday 1st October 1999, Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Small Scale Tea Growers' Association 1999.
22. KTDA Board Report on Final Phase of Liberalisation and Restructuring of the Smallholder Tea Sub-Sector and Privatisation of the Kenya Tea Development Authority 1998, KTDA, Nairobi.
23. KTDA Chai News. The Quarterly In-House Newsletter for Kenya Tea Development Agency Limited 2004.
24. KTDA Tea Marketing: KTDA Makes Inroads in Japan 2007, Kenya Tea Development Agency, Nairobi.
25. KTDA KTDA Annual Reports 1999-2008 2008, KTDA, Nairobi.
26. KTDA KTDA Annual Report 2011/12 2012, KTDA, Nairobi.
27. Lamb G., Muller L. Control, accountability, and incentives in a successful development institution: the Kenya Tea Development Authority. World Bank Staff Working Papers Number 550 1982, World Bank, Washington, DC.
28. Long N., Long A. Battlefields of Knowledge: The Interlocking of Theory and Practice in Social Research and Development 1992, Routledge, London.
29. Maconachie R., Dixon A.B., Wood A. Decentralization and local institutional arrangements for wetland management in Ethiopia and Sierra Leone. Applied Geography 2009, 29:269-279.
30. Mahihu E. Report of the committee to probe and restructure Kenya Tea Development Authority. Presented to President Daniel Arap Moi, April, 1990 Nairobi 1990.
31. Markelova H., Meinzen-Dick R., Hellin J., Dohrn S. Collective action for smallholder market access. Food Policy 2009, 34:1-7.
32. Mbeche R., Dorward P., Shepherd D. Linking stakeholder involvement and influence in policy development: a case of the smallholder tea sub-sector in Kenya. Development Policy Review 2013, (forthcoming).
33. McQueen R., Knussen C. Research Methods in Social Sciences: An Introduction 2002, Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, Essex.
34. Mosse D. Authority, gender and knowledge: theoretical reflections on the practice of participatory rural appraisal. Development and Change 1994, 25:497-526.
35. Ochien'g C.M.O. Development through positive deviance and its implications for Economic Policy Making and Public Administration in Africa: the case of Kenyan Agricultural Development, 1930-2005. World Development 2007, 35:454-479.
36. Ostrom E. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action 1990, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
37. Ostrom E. Understanding Institutional Diversity 2005, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
38. Ostrom E., Gardner R., Walker J. Rules, Games and Common Pool Resources 1994, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
39. Pamacheche F., Koma B. Privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa - an essential route to poverty alleviation. African Integration Review 2007, 1(2):1-22.
40. Penrose-Buckley C. Producer Organisations: A guide to Developing Collective Enterprises 2007, Oxfam, Oxford.
41. Porter G., Phillips-Howard K. Comparing contracts: an evaluation of contract farming schemes in Africa. World Development 1997, 25:227-238.
42. Poulton C., Hanyani-Mlambo B. Comparative Analysis of Organization and Performance of African Cotton Sectors 2008, Report Prepared for the World Bank, Washington, DC.
43. Republic of Kenya Sessional Paper No. 1 on Economic Management for Renewed Growth 1986, Government Printers.
44. Republic of Kenya Policy Paper on Public Enterprise Reform and Privatization 1992, Office of the Vice President and Ministry of Finance, Nairobi.
45. Republic of Kenya Sessional Paper No. 2 on the Liberalisation and Restructuring of the Tea Industry: Reforms in the Tea Board of Kenya and Privatisation of the Kenya Tea Development Authority 1999, Government Printer, Nairobi.
46. Republic of Kenya Vision 2030: First Medium Term Plan (2008-2012) 2008, Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of planning and National Development, Nairobi.
47. Republic of Kenya Kenya Economic Survey 2011 2011, Government Printer, Nairobi.
48. Rondot P., Collion M.-H. Agricultural Producer Organizations: Their Contribution to Rural Capacity Building and Poverty Reduction 2001, The World Bank, Washington, DC.
49. Rowlands J. Empowerment examined. Development in Practice 1995, 5:101-107.
50. Shiferaw B., Obare G., Muricho G. Rural market imperfections and the role of institutions in collective action to improve markets for the poor. Natural Resources Forum 2008, 32(1):25-38.
51. Staatz J.M., Dembélé N.N. Agriculture for Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Background Paper for the World Development Report 2008 2008.
52. Stockbridge M., Dorward A., Kydd J., Poole N. Farmer Organisations for Market Access: An International Review 2003, Overseas Development Institute, London.
53. Tea Board of Kenya Tea Production Statistics 2012, Tea Board of Kenya, Nairobi.
54. World Bank Accelerated Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Agenda for Action 1981, World Bank, Washington, DC.