Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: The Linkage Between the State, Agricultural Policy and Rural Development Theoretical and Methodological Framework The State's Agricultural Policy and Rural Development in Post-1965 Zaire Results of the Agricultural Policy and Their Importance to Rural Socio-Economic Development in Zaire Cause of Failure of Rural and National Development and the Hidden Agenda of the State's Agricultural Policy in Post-1965 Zaire A Critique of the Theories of State, Agricultural Policy, and Rural Development in Developing Countries, with Particular Reference to Zaire General Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

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This study evaluates the state-initiated policies in post-1965 Zaire and their impact on the people. Although the state has accorded priority to the socioeconomic development of the agricultural and rural sector, that objective, Mokoli claims, has been political, not socioeconomic.

About the Author

MONDONGA M. MOKOLI is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Development at the University of Lubumbashi, Zaire. He is the author of several articles and the forthcoming book The Transition Toward the Third Republic of Zaire: Its In-Depth Meaning.