Author : Alabi, Reuben Adeolu
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 37,97 MB
Release :
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
This study investigates the impact of foreign agricultural aid on agricultural GDP and productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). I rely on secondary data regarding foreign agricultural aid, agricultural GDP, and productivity indicators from 47 SSA countries spanning 2002-2010 and employ a Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) framework.
Author : World Bank
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,22 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
3. Investing in people.
Author : Michael L. Morris
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 31,76 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821379429
Awakening Africa's Sleeping Giant' explores the feasibility of restoring international competitiveness and growth in African agriculture through the identification of products and production systems that can underpin rapid development of a competitive commercial agriculture. Based on a careful examination of the factors that contributed to the successes achieved in Brazil and Thailand, as well as comparative analysis of evidence obtained through detailed case studies of three African countries--Mozambique, Nigeria, and Zambia--the authors argue that opportunities abound for farmers in Africa to.
Author : Per-Åke Andersson
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,80 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789171064622
A study which discusses the structural problems in Zambia and the policies of adjustment that have been tried. It also analyses the impact of various strategies with regard to external resource transfers. The results show that the scope for growth is highly dependent on the tightness of the external resource constraint, and that debt service tends to dominate the policy-making.
Author : Thomas Farole
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 18,45 MB
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464801266
This book presents the results of a groundbreaking study on ‘spillovers’ of knowledge and technology from global value-chain oriented foreign direct investment (FDI) in Sub-Saharan Africa, and discusses implications for policymakers hoping to harness the power of FDI for economic development.
Author : Boris Pleskovic
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821343210
The 1998 Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, the tenth anniversary, was held at the Bank on April 20-21, 1998. The discussions focused on four areas of inquiry:1) the role of geography in countries'success, 2) the role of effective competition and regulatory policies, 3) the causes of financial crises and ways to prevent them, and 4) the effects of ethnic diversity on democracy and growth. The welcoming address by World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, the opening remarks by chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz, and the tenth anniversary address by the International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer all focused both on the role of the conference and on the changing perspectives for development.
Author : Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,11 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821371282
The book highlights proceedings from the Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 26,96 MB
Release : 2016-07-04
Category :
ISBN : 9264253238
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2016-2025 provides an assessment of prospects for the coming decade of the agricultural commodity markets across 41 countries and 12 regions, including OECD countries and key agricultural producers, such as India, China, Brazil, the Russian Federation and Argentina.
Author : Ephraim Chirwa
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 29,40 MB
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199683522
This book takes forward our understanding of agricultural input subsidies in low income countries.
Author : Punam Chuhan-Pole
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 26,74 MB
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821387456
Takes an in-depth look at twenty-six economic and social development successes in Sub-Saharan African countries, and addresses how these countries have overcome major developmental challenges.
