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

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 im...

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Published in:Review of African political economy 2014-04, Vol.41 (140), p.201-215
Main Authors: Richardson-Ngwenya, Pamela, Richardson, Ben
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Africans
Agricultural policy
Agriculture
Aid for Trade
aide au commerce
Benefits
Differentiation
European Union
Farmers
Intervention
Liberalization
Low income groups
Market regulation
Markets
Neoliberalism
néoliberalisme
petits exploitants
post-Consensus de Washington
post-Washington Consensus
Prices
Regulation
smallholders
Social Class
Studies
sucre
Sugar
Sugar industry
Swaziland
Trade
Trade liberalization
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0305-6244
1740-1720
DOI:10.1080/03056244.2013.872616