LEADER 03281nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910451628303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-76578-X 010 $a9786610765782 010 $a0-8213-6855-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000470145 035 $a(EBL)459388 035 $a(OCoLC)99997410 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000086386 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11998696 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086386 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10026106 035 $a(PQKB)11710448 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459388 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459388 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10161447 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL76578 035 $a(OCoLC)567977429 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000470145 100 $a20061004d2006 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDown to earth$b[electronic resource] $eagriculture and poverty reduction in Africa /$fLuc Christiaensen and Lionel Demery 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (122 p.) 225 0 $aDirections in development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6854-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Figures; Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework; Chapter 3 Participation of the Poor in Growth; Tables; Chapter 4 The Growth Potential of Agriculture; Chapter 5 Agriculture and Growth in the Rest of the Economy; Chapter 6 A Sectoral Decomposition of Poverty Change; Chapter 7 Concluding Observations; Appendix 1 Objectives of and Data Sources for Case Studies; Appendix 2 Data Sources and Constructs Used in Case Studies; Appendix 3 Decomposition of Changes in the Poverty Headcount before and after 1995 327 $aAppendix 4 Welfare Effect of Productivity and Output Price ChangeCountry Case Study Papers; References; Index 330 $aThis 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? 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aGreen Revolution$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aRural poor$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aPoverty$xGovernment policy$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aGreen Revolution 615 0$aRural poor 615 0$aPoverty$xGovernment policy 676 $a338.10967 700 $aChristiaensen$b Luc J$0710487 701 $aDemery$b Lionel$0970233 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451628303321 996 $aDown to earth$92205265 997 $aUNINA