World Bank assistance to agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource] ] : an IEG review

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451939103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-11326-3; 9786611113261; 0-8213-7351-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1/81
• Soggetti: Agricultural assistance - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Agricultural development projects - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-144).
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Avant propos; Prefácio; Preface; Préface; Nota Preliminar; Executive Summary; Synthèse; Resumo Executivo; Management Response; Réponse de la direction; A Resposta da Administração; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE); Rapport de synthèse du Président : Comité pour l'efficacité du développement (CODE); Resumo do Presidente:Comissão sobre a Eficácia do Desenvolvimento (COED); Evaluation Snapshot in Selected Languages; 1 Introduction; 2 African Agriculture and the Bank; Figure 2.1 Changes in Cereal Production Produced by Changes in Area and Yield, 1961-2001 Box 2.1 Constraints to Development of Access to Credit and Rural Finance in Africa; 3 Bank Support for Agriculture and Portfolio Performance; Figure 3.1 Sectoral Distribution of Investment Lending in Africa, Fiscal 1991-2006; Box 3.1 Bank's Coding System and Inadequate Reflection of Important Agricultural Activities; Figure 3.2 Outcome and Sustainability Ratings; Figure 3.3 Performance of Bank Projects with Greater than 50 Percent Agricultural Component; 4 Key Factors of Performance; Box 4.1 Weak Political Commitment Has Been a Factor in Performance ; Box 4.2 The History and Challenges of National Research Capacity in Africa; 5 The Bank's Contribution-A Thematic Assessment; Box 5.1 Bank Support for Fadama Project I in Nigeria: Achievements Constrained by Lack of a Multifaceted Approach; Figure 5.1 Production of Maize and Cassava in Six Drought-Affected Countries of Southern Africa; Box 5.2 Cassava: A Missed Opportunity for the Bank to Contribute to Food Security; Box 5.3 New Uganda Extension System Improves Efficiency But Faces Challenges; Box 5.4 Zimbabwe Pilot for Land Reform Fails to Take Off Box 5.5 Agricultural Market Reform in Africa: The Expectations; Box 5.6 Negative Impacts of Policy Sequencing on Traditional Export Crop Sectors in Cameroon; 6 Findings and Recommendations; Appendixes; Endnotes; References
• Sommario/riassunto: Sub-Saharan Africa is a critical development priority-it has some of the world's poorest countries and during the past two decades the number of poor in the Region has doubled, to 300 million-more than 40 percent of the Region's population. Africa remains behind on most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is unlikely to reach them by 2015. With some of the world's poorest countries, Africa is a development priority for the donor community. A major drag on Africa's development is the underperformance of the critical agriculture sector, which has been neglected both by donors and government