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Africa Development Indicato...
The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the World Development Report
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monografia Rebiun23545125 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun23545125 m o d cr cn||||||||| 020129s2007 dcu os i001 0 eng d 813530080 815539969 821616673 0821372831 9780821372838 9780821372845 082137284X 6611099867 9786611099862 1281099864 9781281099860 9780821372838 10.1596/978-0-8213-7283-8 doi NUI eng pn NUI OCLCQ OCLCO IDEBK OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCQ ZCU OCLCQ MERUC CAUOI CEF NRAMU ICG OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ COCUF DKC AU@ OCLCQ OCL OCLCQ f------ GTF, KCM bicssc Africa Development Indicators 2007 Spreading and Sustaining Growth in Africa Washington, D.C. The World Bank 2007 Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. The World Bank 1 online resource (176 pages) 1 online resource (176 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Africa Development Indicators The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the World Development Report Economic indicators- África Social indicators- África Economic history. Economic indicators. Social conditions. Social indicators. África- Economic conditions- 1960- Statistics África- Social conditions- 1960- Statistics África Electronic books Statistics. Banco Internacional de Reconstrucción y Fomento. Africa Regional Office Print Version 9780195208764 Africa Development Indicators World Bank e-Library