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Abstract:
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In this thesis we will examine the above opposing views regarding the role of public bureaucracies in agricultural development. First, we will assume public administration as an independent variable and consider administrative organizations left behind by each of the various colonial powers in Africa a system type. Second, the effectiveness of each of the various approaches in the provision of agricultural inputs will be examined. We will also look into two other factors, ideology and government spending, and examine their relationship with agricultural growth in the African states. Eight hypotheses relating to the above independent factors—administrative system type, private-government distribution of agricultural inputs, ideology and government budgetary commitment to agriculture--and measures of agricultural growth will be raised and tested. |