Sustainable, Inclusive Agriculture Sector Growth in Armenia : Lessons from Recent Experience of Growth and Contraction
This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) for Armenia has been prepared with the aim to identify key challenges and opportunities to advance the twin goals of ending absolute poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The review of Armenia’s agricultur...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/432631523020631578/Sustainable-inclusive-agriculture-sector-growth-in-Armenia-lessons-from-recent-experience-of-growth-and-contraction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29699 |
| Summary: | This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)
for Armenia has been prepared with the aim to identify key
challenges and opportunities to advance the twin goals of
ending absolute poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The
review of Armenia’s agriculture sector forms part of this
background material. Following an overview of the sector’s
major characteristics, the study analyses the determinants
of agriculture sector growth from 2004-2015, a period
characterized by both expansion and contraction. The links
between this growth and employment creation are then
considered, followed by review of the inclusiveness of
observed sector growth. Agriculture sector resilience to
exogenous shocks is also examined, at both sector and
household level. The study concludes by assessing the
implications of the analysis for the four original hypotheses |
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