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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okr-10986-343372021-05-25T09:58:03Z Use of Evidence to Inform Agricultural Policy Decisions : What have We Learned from Experience in Africa? Delgado, Christopher Brooks, Karen Derlagen, Christian Haggblade, Steven Lawyer, Kate AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOOD SECURITY CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT THINK TANKS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION 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. 2020-08-12T14:54:45Z 2020-08-12T14:54:45Z 2019-12 Report 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 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Agricultural Study Africa Sub-Saharan Africa |
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOOD SECURITY CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT THINK TANKS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION |
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AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOOD SECURITY CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT THINK TANKS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION Delgado, Christopher Brooks, Karen Derlagen, Christian Haggblade, Steven Lawyer, Kate Use of Evidence to Inform Agricultural Policy Decisions : What have We Learned from Experience in Africa? |
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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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Report |
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Delgado, Christopher Brooks, Karen Derlagen, Christian Haggblade, Steven Lawyer, Kate |
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Delgado, Christopher Brooks, Karen Derlagen, Christian Haggblade, Steven Lawyer, Kate |
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Delgado, Christopher |
| title |
Use of Evidence to Inform Agricultural Policy Decisions : What have We Learned from Experience in Africa? |
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Use of Evidence to Inform Agricultural Policy Decisions : What have We Learned from Experience in Africa? |
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Use of Evidence to Inform Agricultural Policy Decisions : What have We Learned from Experience in Africa? |
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Use of Evidence to Inform Agricultural Policy Decisions : What have We Learned from Experience in Africa? |
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Use of Evidence to Inform Agricultural Policy Decisions : What have We Learned from Experience in Africa? |
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use of evidence to inform agricultural policy decisions : what have we learned from experience in africa? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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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 |
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