Down to Earth: Agriculture and Poverty Reduction in Africa

by Lionel Demery, Luc Christiaensen

Overview

This book contributes to the debate about the role of agriculture in poverty reduction by addressing three sets of questions: (1) Does investing in agriculture enhance/harm overall economicgrowth, and if so, under what conditions? (2) Do poor people tend to participate more/less in growth in agriculture than in growth in other sectors, and if so, when? (3) If a focus on agriculturewould tend to yield larger participation by the poor, butslower overall growth, which strategy would tend to have the largest payoff in terms of poverty reduction, andunder which conditions?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780821368541
Publisher:	World Bank Publications
Publication date:	02/13/2007
Series:	Directions in Development - Poverty
Pages:	118
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)