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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the story of northern Ghana / Joseph Awetori Yaro -- Local perceptions of development and change in northern Ghana / Ton Dietz, Kees van der Geest & Francis Obeng -- Between statute and practice : local democratisation and struggles over traditional jurisdictions in the new Kpandai District, Northern Region / Paul Stacey -- Peasant adaptation to environmental change and economic globalization in northern Ghana / Wolfram Laube, Benjamin Schraven, and Martha Adimabuno Awo -- Rural livelihoods at a cross-road in northern Ghana / Joseph Awetori Yaro -- Small-scale farming and rural development in northern Ghana / Jan Hesselberg -- The trajectories of irrigated agriculture and rural development in northern Ghana / Simon Bawakyillenuo and Kpieta B. Alfred -- Women's agency and rural development in northern Ghana / Agnes Atia Apusigah -- Rural transport infrastructure and development in northern Ghana / Albert Abane -- Commercialization of land tenure systems in northern Ghana : the dynamics and drivers / Abraham ibn Zackaria and Joseph Awetori Yaro -- The ambiguous representation of the savanna landscape and its new political relevance in Ghana / Irit Eguavoen and Benjamin Schraven -- Reducing poverty in northern Ghana through the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority : what do people expect? / Seidu al-Hassan -- Conclusion / Jan Hesselberg.