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"The implications of China's growth for the development prospects of Sub-Saharan Africa have been the subject of recent attention. Interest in this topic is motivated by the increasing presence of China in the region and the growing bilateral trade links between China and Africa. Against this...
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remarkable recovery in the performance of Sub-Saharan Africa's agriculture during the 1984–2003 period after a long period of … an important role in improving agriculture's performance. As TFP growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is mainly a result of …
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framework of the Agricultural Development Plan (ADP), is in the process of implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture … meeting the Maputo declaration of spending at least ten percent of the government's total budget on agriculture. In fact, even … under a more optimistic and efficient spending scenario, the Government of Malawi must increase its spending on agriculture …
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"This paper has been prepared in support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) roundtable … in Ghana. The study also takes a fresh perspective on the role of agriculture for development in light of the global food … percent growth target. In this process, agriculture supports the rest of the economy through substantial and largely invisible …
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The CAADP is a commitment of African countries to pursue economic growth through agriculture-led development to reduce … for the development of agriculture. Some of its key principles that are expected to add value are the building of … national budget to agriculture. The objective of this paper is primarily to understand how continental initiatives such as …
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Ethiopia enjoyed remarkable economic growth from 2004/05 to 2008/09, in large part due to increases in foreign transfers and capital inflows combined with expanded domestic credit to fund major increases in private and public investments in infrastructure and housing. However, this rapid growth...
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Rural non-farm development plays a key role in generating employment in many developing countries. Clustering is an important industrial organization in the rural non-farm sector. Based on primary surveys of both urban and rural handloom weaver clusters in Ethiopia which took place in May/June...
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In comparison to other African countries, Ethiopia has a low urbanization rate. According to the World Bank World Development Report (WDR) 2009, Sub-Sahara Africa is 30% urbanized, whereas Ethiopia is only 10.9% urbanized. Urbanization rates differ according to methodologies and data base...
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Dawa, and Harari) and from 43.6 to 32.6 in rural areas. Given rapid agriculture-led economic growth between 2004-05 and …
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This paper reviews the constraints hindering growth of agricultural productivity in Nigeria by providing an overview of the policy environment that affects agricultural productivity, establishing how the policy environment affects productivity improvement, and proposing lessons relevant for...
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