South-South Cooperation, Agribusiness, and African Agricultural Development: Brazil and China in Ghana and Mozambique

World Development

Volumn 81, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-23

  Amanor, Kojo S ^a   Chichava, Sérgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos IESE   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Brazil; China; Development; Ghana; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGROINDUSTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; IMPERIALISM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL POWER;

BRAZIL; CHINA; GHANA; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84960326199     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.11.021     Document Type: Article

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