Africa and other developing countries. As a result, many African countries are pressured to emphasize short-term concerns … welfare requirements. The main objective of the convergence agenda exposed in this paper is to identify strategies that would … growth and poverty reduction; (4) laid out the theory for the measurement of the degree of convergence of public expenditures …

convergence has occurred in yields of the three crops. The econometric findings are consistent with the GE results and suggest … that conditional convergence has occurred in all three crops, which demonstrates that yields in less productive regions …

their nutrition sensitivity at the policy level, using a convergence framework. The three key entry points for agriculture …

The NEPAD Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has been endorsed by African Heads of State … and Governments as a vision for the restoration of agricultural growth, food security, and rural development in Africa … country received 2.5 percent growth as a result of spillover. Finally, our results suggest that convergence dynamics is much …

. Although the lack of convergence is well documented, there lingers a substantial gap in articulating what needs to be assessed … to ensure that convergence is indeed happening, or not happening. In an effort to close this gap, in this paper we … describe a possible framework to enable convergence across sectors for action on nutrition. Our framework notes that issues …

nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural …

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi … will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is …

€”extreme poverty, armed conflict, economic and political turmoil, and climate shocks—are now most prevalent in Africa. Researchers … famine context. Broadening current theories and models of development for conquering famine, Famine in Africa grounds its … results of field work and other research from numerous parts of Africa, with a particular focus on Botswana, Ethiopia, Niger …

have experienced the reduction of farm size and the decline of natural resources. Through a comparison of Asia and Africa …