Peasants and Governments: an Economic Analysis

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by David Bevan, Paul Collier and Jan Willem Gunning, with Arne Bigsten and Paul Horsnell

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, ISBN 0-19-828621-X

Chapter 1

Introduction

Part I: The peasant economies of Kenya and Tanzania

Chapter 2	Peasant farming in Kenya, 1974-82
Chapter 3	Peasant farming in Tanzania, 1969-93

Part II: Peasants and price volatility: theory and an application to Kenya

Chapter 4	Introduction to Part II
Chapter 5	The responses to price windfalls: some theoretical considerations
Chapter 6	Responses to price changes in Kenya
Chapter 7	A comparison with Kenya

Part III: Peasant supply response to shortages: theory and an application to Tanzania

Chapter 8	Introduction to Part III
Chapter 9	The theory of peasant supply response under shortages
Chapter 10	Time series tests of aggregate supply response
Chapter 11	Cross-section tests of household supply response
Chapter 12	Conclusion to Part III

Part IV: Peasants and public services

Chapter 13	Introduction to Part IV
Chapter 14	The distribution of public services in Kenya and Tanzania
Chapter 15	An analysis of the effects of public service provision

Chapter 16	Peasants and governments
Appendix	The rural surveys