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...

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Main Authors:	Christiaensen, Luc, Demery, Lionel
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGGREGATE OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES BENCHMARK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMPTION POVERTY COUNTRY CASE COUNTRY DATA CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS DATA AVAILABILITY DATA SETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISSEMINATION DUAL ECONOMY EAST EUROPE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS LITERATURE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL REGULARITIES ERROR TERM ESTIMATION RESULTS FARM EMPLOYMENT FARMERS FARMING COMMUNITIES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FIXED EFFECTS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS GDP GDP DEFLATOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE GREEN REVOLUTION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH EFFECT GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME QUINTILE INDUSTRIALIZATION INSURANCE IRRIGATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POLICY 0 HYPOTHESIS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR PEOPLE POORER GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION SHIFTS POPULATION STATISTICS POVERTY ACROSS COUNTRIES POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY DATA POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RAPID GROWTH RATE OF GROWTH REAL INCOMES REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION RESPECT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HEADCOUNT RURAL HINTERLAND RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOMES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION SAVINGS SECTORAL COMPOSITION SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL POVERTY TRANSACTION COSTS UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN BIAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN DWELLERS WAGES WATER MANAGEMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7420086/down-earth-agriculture-poverty-reduction-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6624

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Summary:	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 than in growth in other sectors, and if so, when? If a focus on agriculture would tend to yield larger participation by the poor, but slower overall growth, which strategy would tend to have the largest payoff in terms of poverty reduction, and under which conditions?

Down to Earth : Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Africa

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