Reflections on the Role of Agriculture in Pro-Poor Growth

Valdés, Alberto; Foster, William

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.06.003

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“…De Janvry and Sadoulet further note the consensus and recognition from 2000 onwards among multi-lateral development agencies and SSA governments on the key role of agriculture, following decades of neglect of agriculture. Several other studies reach similar conclusions (see contributions in the same supplement of the Journal of African Economies, Valdés and Foster (2010), Diao et al (2010), Block (2010), Nin-Pratt et al(2009) and Christiaensen et al (2011)). …”

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Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys

Zant

2014

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Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys

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2014

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“…Even today, rural development is sometimes practiced with a single emphasis on agricultural development, and on productivity and modernisation in particular (Akpan, 2012). This has endured, partly because we generally know far more about the promotion of agricultural growth in rural areas than about the promotion of non-agricultural activities (Valdés and Foster, 2010), but also because responsibility for rural development typically falls to government departments associated with agriculture in many countries (Rojas-Caldelas et al, 2010).…”

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Addressing poverty and inequality in the rural economy from a global perspective

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“…The accompanying structural transformation of economies has seen a decline in the share of agriculture's contribution to GDP (Brinkley, 2006;Dethier & Effenberger, 2012;Economic & Department, 2005;Valdé s & Foster, 2010). According to the Economic and Department (2005), agriculture now contributes merely 3 percent to global GDP, which is only about one third of its contribution a few decades ago.…”

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Assessing China's Rural Reform Programs and the Lessons for Africa's Agriculture Development. A Review

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Since the 2008 global financial crisis, many African governments are now turning to China for the much needed loans and technical expertise to undertake developmental projects. Meanwhile China and Africa exhibited similar socio-economic conditions some three decades ago; high poverty rates and agrarian dominated economies with very low per capita incomes. However, in the past few years, even as Africa remains at the bottom of global economic rankings, China is progressively emerging as the world’s economic powerhouse. This paper examines the literature on how China’s rural reforms program facilitated the country’s fast economic transformation. The reforms process brought about institutional reforms that brought immense changes in the agriculture sector. The institutional reforms led to an increase in public investment in the area of R & D, irrigation, rural education, road, and electricity, which contributed to the growth in agricultural productivity and rural poverty reduction. It is these interventions brought in by the reforms that resulted in the miracle growth experienced by China.

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Reflections on the Role of Agriculture in Pro-Poor Growth

Cited by 70 publications

References 12 publications

Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys

Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys

Addressing poverty and inequality in the rural economy from a global perspective

Assessing China's Rural Reform Programs and the Lessons for Africa's Agriculture Development. A Review

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