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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> – 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.
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</font></span></span></font><span dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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
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<p><strong><b><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Complete Report, Executive Summary & Overview</span></font></b></strong><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1">
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<p><strong><b><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Part I: What can Agriculture do for Development?</span></font></b></strong><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1">
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 1: Growth and Poverty Reduction in Agriculture</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Focus A: Declining rural poverty has been a key factor in aggregate poverty reduction</span></font></a></span></font>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 2: Agriculture's performance, diversity, and uncertainities</span></font></a></span></font></p></td>
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<em><b><i><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Focus B: Biofuels: the promise and the risks</span></font></i></b></em></a></span></font>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 3: Rural households and their pathways out of poverty</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Focus C: What are the links between agricultural production and food security?</span></font></a></span></font></i>
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<p><strong><b><font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Part II: What are effective instruments for using agriculture for development?</span></font></b></strong>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 4: Reforming trade, price, and subsidy policies</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 5: Bringing agriculture to the market</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Focus D: Agribusiness for development</span></font></a></span></font></i></b></em><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1">
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 6: Supporting smallholder competitiveness through institutional innovations</span></font></a></span></font>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 7: Innovating through science and technology</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 8: Making agricultural systems more environmentally sustainable</span></font></a></span></font></p></td>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 9: Moving beyond the farm</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Focus G: Education and skills for rural development</span></font></a></span></font></i></b></em><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1">
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 10: Emerging national agendas for agriculture</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Chapter 11: Strengthening governance, from local to global</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Bibliographical Note</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Endnotes</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Selected Indicators</span></font></a></span></font></p></td></tr>
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