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Rejects the romanticized notion of the organic peasant life of Africa embraced by non-Africans, seeing it as an impoverished world that ambitious Africans seek to leave & calls for a reorientation of trade & aid policies to reflect this reality & foster genuine opportunities. Adapted from the source document.

This article focuses on the fundamental question of the relative autonomy of the Malawian peasantry from both the mainstream economy and from the state. It gives attention first to the strategy of the Malawi state as directed by the country's life-president, and next to some changes introduced under the influence of the World Bank. It concludes by assessing the relevance of the Malawi experience for the "uncaptured peasantry" thesis. (DSE)