Use of Evidence to Inform Agricultural Policy Decisions : What have We Learned from Experience in Africa?
Agricultural policymakers in Africa increasingly face the need for policy options based on evidence-based analysis to promote agricultural transformation and to adapt to climate change. Furthermore, data and analytical tools to support informed agr...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/353991594969659021/Use-of-Evidence-to-Inform-Agricultural-Policy-Decisions-What-have-We-Learned-from-Experience-in-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34337 |
| Summary: | Agricultural policymakers in Africa
increasingly face the need for policy options based on
evidence-based analysis to promote agricultural
transformation and to adapt to climate change. Furthermore,
data and analytical tools to support informed agricultural
policymaking are increasingly abundant thanks to investment
in these areas, mostly from external sources. Still, the use
of hard data and robust analyses linked to outcomes are
still rare in most agricultural policymaking in the region.
Today, ministries of agriculture (MoAs) are increasingly
under pressure to show ministries of economy and finance
(MoEFs) both the rationale behind spending and the impact of
past spending, particularly net estimated impacts on forex
and fiscal balances. Even so, at present most African
governments are still under-spending on agricultural public
goods such as research, extension, and infrastructure. The
present paper focuses on what can be learned to improve
outcomes from experiences promoting the increased use of
evidence in agricultural policymaking. |
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