Research Catalog

Title

Down to earth : agriculture and poverty reduction in Africa / Luc Christiaensen and Lionel Demery.

Author

Christiaensen, Luc J.

Publication

Washington, DC : World Bank, c2007.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Demery, Lionel.

Description

xi, 105 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Directions in development. Poverty

Uniform Title

Directions in development. Poverty.

Subjects

• Poverty > Government policy > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Agriculture > Economic aspects > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Green Revolution > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Rural poor > Africa, Sub-Saharan

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-100) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Contents

Conceptual framework -- Participation of the poor in growth -- The growth potential of agriculture -- Agriculture and growth in the rest of the economy -- A sectoral decomposition of poverty change -- Concluding observations -- Appendix 1. Objectives of and data sources for case studies -- Appendix 2. Data sources and constructs used in cased studies -- Appendix 3. Decomposition of changes in the poverty headcount before and after 1995 -- Appendix 4. Welfare effect of productivity and output price change.

Call Number

Sc E 10-1526

ISBN

• 9780821368541
• 0821368540

LCCN

2006032776

OCLC

72353850

Author

Christiaensen, Luc J.

Title

Down to earth : agriculture and poverty reduction in Africa / Luc Christiaensen and Lionel Demery.

Imprint

Washington, DC : World Bank, c2007.

Series

Directions in development. Poverty

Directions in development. Poverty.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-100) and index.

Additional Formats

Also issued online.

Connect to:

Table of contents only

http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/17461 http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPOVERTY/Resources/335642-1130251872237/DownToEarth_final.pdf

Added Author

Demery, Lionel.

Research Call Number

Sc E 10-1526