UID:
edoccha_9958124488502883
Umfang:
xxvi, 197 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-19212-7
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9786610192120
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0-8213-6068-X
Serie:
Directions in development
Inhalt:
The majority of the world's poor depend directly or indirectly on agriculture. Despite the strong linkages between broad-based agricultural growth and poverty reduction, international support to agriculture sharply declined from the late 1980's. The need to raise agriculture's prominence in the development agenda has never been greater. This book seeks to articulate the World Bank's Rural Strategy on agriculture to the wider development community. It provides decision makers with the rationale for supporting agriculture by presenting the lessons learned on the policies, institutions, and priori...
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Executive Summary; 1. The Role of Agricultural Growth in Development Strategies to Benefit the Poor; Boxes; Figures; Tables; 2. The Rapidly Changing Context for Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities; 3. Policies and Institutions to Accelerate Agricultural Growth for the Poor; 4. Public Investments for Pro-Poor Growth; 5. Tailoring Development Support to Diverse Agricultural Systems; 6. Getting Agriculture Back on the Development Agenda; Endnotes; References; Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-6067-1
Sprache:
Englisch
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