The research for this project was conducted jointly with researchers based in Bangladesh, Kenya and South Africa. Members of the project team at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), at Sussex are especially grateful for contributions by Zaid Bahkt, Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies, Dhaka; Mary Njeri Kinyanjui, Dorothy McCormick, and John Njoka, Institute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya; Mike Morris, Sagren Moodley, and Myrian Velia, School of Development Studies, University of Natal, South Africa; and Norma Tregurtha and Nick Vink, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Stellenbosch,.