It is usually admitted that poverty in Africa is mainly rural. This opinion is confirmed by the analysis made on the basis of the incidence of poverty. Two methodological choices influences this result : firstly the use of a single poverty line for the whole country, secondly the focusing on...

<p>This work does not ask why poverty persisted in Indianola and other places in the rural south, but how--despite all the obstacles of state, society and market--the impoverished emerged from and exited poverty with civic assets as well as religious ones. The interdependency and citizenship...</p>

Against the global debate on socially responsible agro-investment, we explore the conditions, patterns, and impacts of recent agricultural recovery in Kazakhstan's northern grain provinces. Vertically and horizontally integrated agroholdings brought outside investment and management to this...