A strategy for conflict-sensitive rural growth -- Burundi's growth -- Agricultural recovery : food security and beyond -- Export crops : toward a significant contribution to growth -- Overcoming the main obstacles to growth

Preface -- Introduction -- Equity, inequality traps and institutions: a cross-disciplinary view / Anthony Bebbington, Anis Dani, Arjan de Haan and Michael Walton -- Inequality traps and institutionalized inequities -- Asset inequality and agricultural growth: how are patterns of asset inequality...

Regional economic development is an interest of policymakers throughout the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. One of its principal aims is to reduce poverty in lagging regions by stimulating local economic growth. However, problems exist with this approach. First, it may miss the target....