Down to earth : agriculture and poverty reduction in Africa /
This 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 tha...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Washington, DC :
World Bank,
[2007]
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Colección: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This 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? |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 105 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0821368559 9780821368558 6610765782 9786610765782 128076578X 9781280765780 |