Conceptual framework -- Participation of the poor in growth -- The growth potential of agriculture -- Agriculture and growth in the rest of the economy -- A sectoral decomposition of poverty change -- Concluding observations -- Appendix 1. Objectives of and data sources for case studies -- Appendix 2. Data sources and constructs used in cased studies -- Appendix 3. Decomposition of changes in the poverty headcount before and after 1995 -- Appendix 4. Welfare effect of productivity and output price change
Summary
This book contributes to the debate about the role of agriculture in poverty reduction by addressing three sets of questions:Does investing in agriculture enhance/harm overall economic growth, and if so, under what conditions? Do poor people tend to participate more/less in growth in agriculture than in growth in other sectors, and if so, when? If a focus on agriculture would tend to yield larger participation by the poor, but slower overall growth, which strategy would tend to have the largest payoff in terms of poverty reduction, and under which conditions?
