Poverty Reduction Models: Indonesian Agricultural Economic Approach

Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction

Economic liberalization and poverty reduction

Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: Additional Evidence

Agricultural growth has long been recognized as an important instrument for poverty reduction. Yet, measurements of this relationship are still scarce and not always reliable. This paper presents additional evidence at both the sectoral and household levels based on recent data. Results show that rural poverty reduction has been associated with growth in yields and in agricultural labor product...

Contribution of agricultural growth to reduction of poverty, hunger and malnutrition The role of agricultural growth in economic growth, and poverty and hunger reduction

Overall, the role of agricultural growth in reducing poverty is likely to be greater than its role in driving economic growth. This is likely to be the case because the share of the labour force that works in the agriculture sector is much larger than the share of economic output that comes from agriculture. For the least-developed countries, the share of the total economically active populatio...

Investment in Agricultural Water for Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

iii FOREWORD This report summarizes the results of a Collaborative Programme of a group of international development agencies – AfDB, FAO, IFAD, IWMI and the World Bank – to review the experience of agricultural water investment in sub-Saharan Africa to date and to identify the conditions for successful investment in sustainable, cost-effective agricultural water development. IWMI and the World...