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Agricultural commercialization, economic development, and nutrition

Braun, Joachim von (ed.); Kennedy, Eileen T. (contributor) - 1994

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Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh : Sustaining Poverty Reduction

World Bank Group - 2016

, and improve food security and nutrition. A substantial strength of this study is its empirical foundation, consisting of …

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Poverty and Food Security in Brazil during the Pandemic

World Bank Group - 2022

In contrast with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil's poverty rate is estimated to have decreased between 2019 and 2020 to 13.1 percent. Auxilio Emergencial (AE), a large emergency cash transfer program launched in April 2020, is believed to be the main driver of that decrease,...

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Cultivating Opportunities for Faster Rural Income Growth and Poverty Reduction : Mozambique Rural Income Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2022

Mozambique's economy has experienced strong growth over the last two decades, with GDP expanding at an annual average rate of 7.2 percent. However, this growth has been unequally shared and rural areas still lag far behind urban centers in both monetary and non-monetary dimensions of wellbeing....

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Agriculture on the road to industrialization

Mellor, John Williams (contributor); … - 1995

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The impacts of public investment in and for agriculture : synthesis of the existing evidence

Fan, Shenggen; Yu, Bingxin; McBride, Linden; Mogues, Tewodaj - 2012

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Tanzania Economic Update, December 2019 : Realizing the Potential of Agriculture for Inclusive Growth and Poverty Reduction

World Bank Group - 2019

-income status by 2025. The government recognizes agriculture as central to realizing its objectives of socioeconomic development …, which are well-articulated in the Second Agriculture Sector Development Program (ASDP II). Among the goals of ASDP II are to … transform agriculture by promoting commercialization, prioritizing high-potential commodity value chains, and mobilizing capital …

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Third Ghana Economic Update : Agriculture as an Engine of Growth and Jobs Creation

World Bank Group - 2018

In September 2017, Ghana's economy expanded for the fifth successive quarter by 9.3 percent compared to just 4.3 percent in September 2016. This reflects continued high levels of growth in the industry sector, driven by mining and petroleum. Oil production rose by 16.6 percent compared with a...

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Making Agriculture Work for the Poor in Timor-Leste

World Bank Group - 2019

About 80 percent of the poor households in Timor-Leste live in rural areas and are dependent on agriculture for their … livelihood. It is therefore widely acknowledged that growth in the agriculture sector is an important channel through which …

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Agriculture for Jobs and Growth in the Western Balkans : A Regional Report

World Bank Group - 2017

agriculture and rural economy can contribute to job creation and economic growth in the Western Balkans, while highlighting how … use of human and other resources in agriculture …

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