Given that the majority of poor people live in rural areas or rely on agriculture, and that agriculture paves the way … critical review of the pathways by which agriculture can contribute directly or indirectly to attaining the MDGs. This report … between the MDGs and agriculture. Following an explanation of the MDGs and a discussion of their progress to date, the …

This toolkit for analyzing public expenditures in agriculture contributes to a broader effort to enhance the focus … checklists for practitioners conducting various kinds of agriculture public expenditure analyses, and to provide selected …

agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries …, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world …'s poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to …