that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall … reduces the incidence of poverty by about six percentage points over a 12-year phase-in period. Benefits depend on production …

producing jatropha feedstock for biodiesel. Under all scenarios, biofuels investments accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty … are drawn away from food production. A skills-shortage amongst female workers also limits poverty reduction. Policy …

why. In addition, the impact of the crises on employment and poverty is in dispute. We develop a dynamic computable … commodity crisis increased employment and reduced poverty by favouring labour-intensive exports, especially in agriculture. The … people below the US$2-a-day poverty line, with the vast majority of these being rural dwellers. The net effect of the crises …

greatly reduce national poverty over the short-term. In this regard, agricultural growth is more effective, albeit with slower …-fundamentalist” approach to African development, the short-term imperative of reducing poverty necessitates further agricultural investment. …