This book examines the ways in which developing countries can achieve economic, political and social reconstruction in the wake of armed conflict. It includes studies of Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, South Africa, Sri Lanka

1. Introduction / Tewodaj Mogues and Samuel Benin -- 2. Public spending for agriculture in Africa : definition, measures, and trends / Shenggen Fan and Anuja Saurkar -- 3. Agricultural growth and poverty reduction impacts of public investments : concepts and techniques for undertaking...

Capitalism and family farming -- Structural transformation and farming -- Urbanization and agrarian change: a view from the margins -- What you might like to know about regression -- Drivers of agrarian transformation -- Volatility in land distribution -- Relative change in income --...

1. Capitalism and family farming -- 2. Structural transformation and farming -- 3. Urbanization and agrarian change : a view from the margins / Srilata Sircar -- 4. What you might like to know about regression -- 5. Drivers of agrarian transformation -- 6. Volatility in land distribution -- 7....