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Economic Importance of Agriculture for Poverty Reduction

Title
Economic Importance of Agriculture for Poverty Reduction [electronic resource] / Dalila Cervantes-Godoy and Joe Dewbre
Author
Cervantes-Godoy, Dalila.
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2010.

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Additional Authors
Dewbre, Joe.
Description
27 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
The Millennium Declaration set 2015 as the target date for halving the number of people living in extreme poverty. Exceptional progress in some developing countries makes achieving that goal globally a realistic possibility. However, many countries will fall far short, and up to 1 billion people are likely to remain destitute by the target date. Why are some countries doing better than others? This paper seeks to answer this question by looking for shared characteristics of twenty-five developing countries posting extraordinary success in reducing extreme poverty over the past twenty to twenty-five years. These countries were compared using indicators of their macro-economic characteristics and, especially, their agricultural economic characteristics. The countries chosen for analysis constitute a highly diverse mix. The group includes some of the poorest and some of the richest developing countries in the world, representing virtually all geographic regions. The countries also differ greatly in their systems of governance and economic management. Yet, they are surprisingly similar in their achievements, not only in reducing poverty, but across the broad range of macroeconomic and agricultural economic performance measures used to compare them. Findings from time-series, cross-section regression analysis reveal that while economic growth generally was an important contributor to poverty reduction, the sector mix of growth mattered substantially, with growth in agricultural incomes being especially important.
Series Statement
OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, 1815-6797 ; no.23
Uniform Title
OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, no.23.
Subject
Agriculture and Food
LCCN
10.1787/5kmmv9s20944-en
OCLC
oecd-lib-001013
Author
Cervantes-Godoy, Dalila.
Title
Economic Importance of Agriculture for Poverty Reduction [electronic resource] / Dalila Cervantes-Godoy and Joe Dewbre
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2010.
Series
OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, 1815-6797 ; no.23
OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers, 1815-6797 ; no.23.
Connect to:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5kmmv9s20944-en
Indexed Term
Agriculture and Food
Added Author
Dewbre, Joe.
Other Editions:
Importance économique de l'agriculture dans la lutte contre la pauvreté fre (FR-PaOEC)5kmjw4vlp5kg-fr
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/5kmmv9s20944-en doi
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