Product Description: This book contributes to the debate about the role of agriculture in poverty reduction by addressing three sets of questions: (1) Does investing in agriculture enhance/harm overall economicgrowth, and if so, under what conditions? (2) Do poor people tend to participate more/less in growth in agriculture than in growth in other sectors, and if so, when? (3) If a focus on agriculturewould tend to yield larger participation by the poor, butslower overall growth, which strategy would tend to have the largest payoff in terms of poverty reduction, andunder which conditions...read more

Product Description: 'Growth, Distribution, and Poverty in Africa' provides details of the results of a series of country studies. These studies have made use of vastly improved household survey data, which have enhanced understanding of African poverty dynamics during the past decade...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Based on four years of continuous househousehold survey data, this study documents the impact of structural adjustment on poverty. The basic messages are that the poor people are better protected during a period of managed macroeconomic adjustment than under recession or destabilization, and that the poorest people are most likely to suffer the most in conditions of economic recession...read more