03160oam 22006375 450 991013945510332120200520144314.01-283-06603-397866130660390-8213-8646-810.1596/978-0-8213-8606-4(CKB)2550000000032292(EBL)681201(OCoLC)811493504(SSID)ssj0000484767(PQKBManifestationID)12193628(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484767(PQKBWorkID)10594762(PQKB)10440840(MiAaPQ)EBC681201(Au-PeEL)EBL681201(CaPaEBR)ebr10460974(CaONFJC)MIL306603(The World Bank)1076834(US-djbf)16608184(EXLCZ)99255000000003229220110107d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGrowth and productivity in agriculture and agribusiness : evaluative lessons from World Bank Group experienceWashington, D.C. :World Bank,2011.xxvi, 171 pages illustrations ;28 cmDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-8606-9 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Executive Summary; Management Response; Chairperson's Comments: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE); Statement of the External Advisory Panel; The Members of the External Advisory Panel; 1. The Need to Boost Agricultural Productivity; 2. Strategy and Interventions; 3. World Bank Group Activities and Results; 4. Institutional Factors; 5. Summary and Recommendations; Appendix; Endnotes; Bibliography; Photographs; Back CoverThe report assesses the World Bank Group?s support for growth and productivity in the agriculture sector. Enhancing agricultural growth and productivity is essential to meeting the worldwide demand for food and to reducing poverty, particularly in the poorest developing countries. Between 1998 and 2008, the period covered by this evaluation, the World Bank Group (WBG) provided 23.7 billion in financing for agriculture and agribusiness in 108 countries (roughly 8 percent of total WBG financing), spanning areas from irrigation and marketing to research and extension. However, this was a time ofWorld Bank e-Library.Agricultural assistanceDeveloping countriesAgricultural industriesDeveloping countriesFinanceAgricultureEconomic aspectsDeveloping countriesAgricultural assistanceAgricultural industriesFinance.AgricultureEconomic aspects338.109172/4World Bank.DNAL/DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910139455103321Growth and productivity in agriculture and agribusiness2462350UNINA