Aid to developing-country agriculture: investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities

Asia’s economic crisis continues to reverberate globally, demonstrating the pivotal place of developing countries in world trade. It is now well established, if counterintuitive, that broad-based agricultural growth in developing countries boosts their agricultural imports. Aid can play a catalytic...

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Autores principales: Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Cohen, Marc J.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161466
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description Asia’s economic crisis continues to reverberate globally, demonstrating the pivotal place of developing countries in world trade. It is now well established, if counterintuitive, that broad-based agricultural growth in developing countries boosts their agricultural imports. Aid can play a catalytic role in agriculture-led growth, but developing-country governments bear primary responsibility. They must create and maintain rural infrastructure; facilitate small farmers’ access to inputs and credit; invest in agricultural research, basic education, primary health care, and nutrition; and offer incentives to protect natural resources.
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spelling CGSpace1614662025-01-10T06:45:46Z Aid to developing-country agriculture: investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities Pinstrup-Andersen, Per Cohen, Marc J. poverty alleviation developing countries development aid exports Asia’s economic crisis continues to reverberate globally, demonstrating the pivotal place of developing countries in world trade. It is now well established, if counterintuitive, that broad-based agricultural growth in developing countries boosts their agricultural imports. Aid can play a catalytic role in agriculture-led growth, but developing-country governments bear primary responsibility. They must create and maintain rural infrastructure; facilitate small farmers’ access to inputs and credit; invest in agricultural research, basic education, primary health care, and nutrition; and offer incentives to protect natural resources. 1998 2024-11-21T09:55:53Z 2024-11-21T09:55:53Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161466 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Pinstrup-Andersen, Per; Cohen, Marc J. 1998. Aid to developing-country agriculture;investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities. 2020 Policy Brief. 56. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161466
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developing countries
development aid
exports
Pinstrup-Andersen, Per
Cohen, Marc J.
Aid to developing-country agriculture: investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities
title Aid to developing-country agriculture: investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities
title_full Aid to developing-country agriculture: investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities
title_fullStr Aid to developing-country agriculture: investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities
title_full_unstemmed Aid to developing-country agriculture: investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities
title_short Aid to developing-country agriculture: investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities
title_sort aid to developing country agriculture investing in poverty reduction and new export opportunities
topic poverty alleviation
developing countries
development aid
exports
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