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 …

faster than the rural population. However, poverty is still severe in Ethiopia and is concentrated in rural areas. To … accelerate growth and poverty reduction, Ethiopia’s national strategy affords an important role to agriculture as a source of …

Rapid economic growth has failed to significantly improve poverty and nutrition outcomes in Tanzania. This raises … concerns over a decoupling of growth, poverty, and nutrition. We link recent production trends to household incomes and caloric … availability using a dynamic computable general equilibrium and micro-level poverty and nutrition modules. Results indicate that …

household poverty …

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 …

literature disaggregating the growth–poverty relationship in agriculture. Although our estimated elasticities are higher for …