Chome, NgalaGonçalves, EuclidesScoones, IanSulle, Emmanuel2020-10-162020-10-162020Chome, N . et al . (2020) . ‘Demonstration fields’, anticipation, and contestation: agrarian change and the political economy of development corridors in Eastern Africa. Journal of Eastern African Studies. 14(2), 291-309. Doi : https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2020.17430671753-1063http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5269In much of Eastern Africa, the last decade has seen a renewed interest in spatial development plans that link mineral exploitation, transport infrastructure and agricultural commercialisation. While these development corridors have yielded complex results – even in cases where significant investments are yet to happen – much of the existing analysis continues to focus on economic and implementation questions, where failures are attributed to inappropriate incentives or lack of ‘political will’enAgrarian changeDevelopment corridorsSmallholdersEastern AfricaCommericalisation of agriculture‘Demonstration fields’, anticipation, and contestation: agrarian change and the political economy of development corridors in Eastern AfricaArticle