LEADER 04499nam 22006374a 450 001 9910451939103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-11326-3 010 $a9786611113261 010 $a0-8213-7351-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481524 035 $a(EBL)459811 035 $a(OCoLC)224530355 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000090267 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130319 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000090267 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10099452 035 $a(PQKB)10647847 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459811 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459811 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202653 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL111326 035 $a(OCoLC)815541929 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481524 100 $a20071101d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWorld Bank assistance to agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa$b[electronic resource] $ean IEG review 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-7350-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-144). 327 $aContents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Avant propos; Prefa?cio; Preface; Pre?face; Nota Preliminar; Executive Summary; Synthe?se; Resumo Executivo; Management Response; Re?ponse de la direction; A Resposta da Administrac?a?o; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE); Rapport de synthe?se du Pre?sident : Comite? pour l'efficacite? du de?veloppement (CODE); Resumo do Presidente:Comissa?o sobre a Efica?cia do Desenvolvimento (COED); Evaluation Snapshot in Selected Languages; 1 Introduction; 2 African Agriculture and the Bank 327 $aFigure 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 327 $aBox 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 327 $aBox 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 330 $aSub-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 606 $aAgricultural assistance$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aAgricultural development projects$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAgricultural assistance 615 0$aAgricultural development projects 676 $a338.1/81 712 02$aWorld Bank. 712 02$aWorld Bank.$bIndependent Evaluation Group. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451939103321 996 $aWorld Bank assistance to agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa$92462323 997 $aUNINA