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BL
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996492
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b750862
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World Bank assistance to agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa : : an IEG review.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: World Bank,, 2007.
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1 online resource (lxxx, 144 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0821373501
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: 082137351X
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: 9780821373507
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: 9780821373514
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-144).
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| Contents
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Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) -- Evaluation Snapshot in Selected Languages -- 1. Introduction -- The Role of Agriculture in Africa -- Study Purpose -- Study Scope -- Methodology -- 2. African Agriculture and the Bank -- The Agriculture Sector in Africa -- The Aid Architecture for Agriculture in Africa -- The World Bank's Strategic Approach -- Main Constraints to Africa's Agricultural Development -- 3. Bank Support for Agriculture and Portfolio Performance -- Analytical Work -- Policy Advice -- Lending -- Overall Performance of Agriculture Projects -- 4. Key Factors of Performance -- Internal (Bank) Factors -- Country Factors -- 5. The Bank's Contribution -- A Thematic Assessment -- Agro-Ecological Diversity -- Fluctuating Rainfall and Droughts -- Soil Fertility -- Credit and Rural Finance -- Transport Infrastructure -- Extension -- Land Reform -- Price and Marketing Reform -- 6. Findings and Recommendations -- Key Findings -- Recommendations -- A. Methodology -- B. Categorization of Countries by Factor Endowments and Agriculture's Share of GDP -- C. Agro-Ecological Diversity, Production Systems, and Growth Rates of Food and Cash Crops -- D. The Bank Portfolio and Its Performance -- E. Lending to Agriculture from Bilateral and Multilateral Donors -- F. Bank Staff Survey Results -- G. Sector Staffing Analysis -- H. Selected Extension Approaches -- I. Cotton Sector Reforms: An Unfinished Story -- J. Marketing Reform -- K. Irrigation Data -- L. Cassava Transformation in Nigeria -- M. Preparation Costs and Risk Ratings for Agriculture Projects.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is a critical development priority-it has some of the world's poorest countries and during the past two decades the number of poor in the Region has doubled, to 300 million-more than 40 percent of the Region's population. Africa remains behind on most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is unlikely to reach them by 2015. With some of the world's poorest countries, Africa is a development priority for the donor community. A major drag on Africa's development is the underperformance of the critical agriculture sector, which has been neglected both by donors and gove.
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World Bank.
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World Bank.
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Agricultural assistance-- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Agricultural development projects-- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Agricultural assistance.
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Agricultural development projects.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- Sustainable Agriculture.
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Sub-Saharan Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.1/81
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HG3881.5.W57W66 2007
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World Bank.
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World Bank., Independent Evaluation Group.
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