Down to earth : agriculture and poverty reduction in Africa

Down to earth : agriculture and poverty reduction in Africa /

This book contributes to the debate about the role of agriculture in poverty reduction by addressing three sets of questions:Does investing in agriculture enhance/harm overall economic growth, and if so, under what conditions? Do poor people tend to participate more/less in growth in agriculture tha...

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Main Authors: Christiaensen, Luc J. (Author), Demery, Lionel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, 2007
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Green Revolution > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Rural poor > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Poverty > Government policy > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Conceptual framework
  • Participation of the poor in growth
  • The growth potential of agriculture
  • Agriculture and growth in the rest of the economy
  • A sectoral decomposition of poverty change
  • Concluding observations
  • Appendix 1. Objectives of and data sources for case studies
  • Appendix 2. Data sources and constructs used in cased studies
  • Appendix 3. Decomposition of changes in the poverty headcount before and after 1995
  • Appendix 4. Welfare effect of productivity and output price change.

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