This paper traces the evolution of Workd Bank support to agricultural services, particularly extension and research, in Sub-Saharan Africa from the early 1970s to the present.

The main focus of this study is on improving the policy regime in Africa to stimulate agricultural growth. It examines the state of agricultural incentives in Sub-Saharan Africa, taking stock of the current policy environment and its recent evolution, to update knowledge and to help develop a...

This paper reviews recent institutional change and innovative mechanisms for funding of agricultural research in Latin America, including commercialization of research results through joint public- private sector ventures, competitive funds, research foundations, farmer-managed levies on...

This is one of a series of handbooks which have arisen from a Surveillance project to evaluate agricultural price and trade interventions to eight Latin American countries for seven commodities for the period 1984 to 1994. The countries included in this Surveillance project are Argentina,...

This study draws together information on the technology which is available to small-scale farmers in Africa and assesses its applicability in the context of the financial, economic and manegerial constraints which face rural households. It also draws on the experience of the World Bank through...