Aid for Trade and African agriculture: the bittersweet case of Swazi sugar

Pamela Richardson-Ngwenya and Ben Richardson

Review of African Political Economy, 2014, vol. 41, issue 140, 201-215

Abstract: In 2006, the European Union reformed its sugar regime, reducing the price for sugar by 36%. To cushion the impact on traditional overseas suppliers, an 'Aid for Trade' programme called the Accompanying Measures for Sugar Protocol countries (AMSP) was implemented. This paper explores the impacts of the AMSP in Swaziland. The authors discuss emergent agrarian class differentiation and argue that the benefits experienced by farmers are jeopardised by ongoing processes of liberalisation. The paper concludes by suggesting that donors must consider market stabilisation and corporate regulation if they are to make 'Aid for Trade' work for the poor.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2013.872616

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