PHA-Exch> World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
Crosposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

 *World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development*

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*The World Bank, October  2007*



Available online at: http://go.worldbank.org/LBJZD6HWZ0



Press Release: http://go.worldbank.org/IUIGDTF9M0



*October 19, 2007* – World Development Report 2008 calls for greater
investment in agriculture in developing countries.The report warns that the
sector must be placed at the center of the development agenda if the goals
of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 are to be realized.

·         While 75 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas in
developing countries, a mere 4 percent of official development assistance
goes to agriculture.
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·         In Sub-Saharan Africa, a region heavily reliant on agriculture for
overall growth, public spending for farming is also only 4 percent of total
government spending and the sector is still taxed at relatively high levels.
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·         For the poorest people, GDP growth originating in agriculture is
about four times more effective in raising incomes of extremely poor people
than GDP growth originating outside the sector





*Published October 19, 2007*

*Download Options for the World Development Report 2008.* (To read these PDF
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*Overviews (multilingual)*

*English<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192111580172/WDROver2008-ENG.pdf>
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*French<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192111580172/FINAL_WDR-OV-French-text_9.25.07.pdf>
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*Portuguese<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192111580172/FINAL_WDR-OV-Portuguese-text_9.26.07.pdf>
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*Arabic<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192111580172/FINAL_WDR-OV-Arabic-text_9.26.07.pdf>
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*Russian<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192111580172/WDR08_SA_Overview_RUS_Web.pdf>
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*Chinese<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192111580172/FINAL_WDR-OV-Chinese-text_9.25.07.pdf>
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 *Complete Report, Executive Summary & Overview*

Complete report as one
file<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/WDR_00_book.pdf>

Table of Contents, Foreword, Acknowledgements &
Abbreviations<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_00_FM.pdf>

Overview<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_01_Overview.pdf>

*Part I: What can Agriculture do for Development?*

Chapter 1: Growth and Poverty Reduction in
Agriculture<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_02_ch01.pdf>

*Focus A: Declining rural poverty has been a key factor in aggregate poverty
reduction<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_03_Focus_A.pdf>
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Chapter 2: Agriculture's performance, diversity, and
uncertainities<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_04_ch02.pdf>

*Focus B: Biofuels: the promise and the
risks*<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_05_Focus_B.pdf>

Chapter 3: Rural households and their pathways out of
poverty<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_06_ch03.pdf>

*Focus C: What are the links between agricultural production and food
security?<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_07_Focus_C.pdf>
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*Part II: What are effective instruments for using agriculture for
development?*

Chapter 4: Reforming trade, price, and subsidy
policies<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_08_ch04.pdf>

Chapter 5: Bringing agriculture to the
market<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_09_ch05.pdf>

*Focus D: Agribusiness for
development<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_10_Focus_D.pdf>
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Chapter 6: Supporting smallholder competitiveness through institutional
innovations<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_11_ch06.pdf>

Chapter 7: Innovating through science and
technology<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_12_ch07.pdf>

*Focus E: Capturing the benefits for genetically modified organisms for the
poor<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/image434.gif>
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Chapter 8: Making agricultural systems more environmentally
sustainable<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_14_ch08.pdf>

*Focus F: Adaptation to and mitigation of climate change in
agriculture<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_15_Focus_F.pdf>
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Chapter 9: Moving beyond the
farm<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_16_ch09.pdf>

*Focus G: Education and skills for rural
development<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_17_Focus_G.pdf>
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*Focus H: The two-way links between agriculture and
health<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_18_Focus_H.pdf>
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*Part III: How can agriculture-for-development agendas best be implemented?*

Chapter 10: Emerging national agendas for
agriculture<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_19_ch10.pdf>

Chapter 11: Strengthening governance, from local to
global<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_20_ch11.pdf>

Bibliographical
Note<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_21_biblionote.pdf>

Endnotes<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_22_endnotes.pdf>

Selected Indicators<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/WDR08_24_SWDI.pdf>

Index<http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2008/Resources/2795087-1192112387976/fdo.bmp>
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