The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction : An Empirical Perspective

The relative contribution of a sector to poverty reduction is shown to depend on its direct and indirect growth effects as well as its participation effect. The paper assesses how these effects compare between agriculture and non-agriculture by reviewing the literature and by analyzing cross-country...

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Main Authors: Christiaensen, Luc, Demery, Lionel, Kuhl, Jesper
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7071126/role-agriculture-poverty-reduction-empirical-perspective
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9306

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