Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015

This paper proposes a simple methodology to estimate the agricultural spending that will be required to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015 (MDG1) in 30 sub-Saharan African countries. This method uses growth-poverty and growth-expenditure elasticities to estimate the f...

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Main Authors: Fan, Shenggen, Johnson, Michael E., Saurkar, Anuja, Makombe, Tsitsi
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161752
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author Fan, Shenggen
Johnson, Michael E.
Saurkar, Anuja
Makombe, Tsitsi
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Saurkar, Anuja
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description This paper proposes a simple methodology to estimate the agricultural spending that will be required to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015 (MDG1) in 30 sub-Saharan African countries. This method uses growth-poverty and growth-expenditure elasticities to estimate the financial resources required to meet the MDG1, considering both the direct and indirect impacts of agricultural spending on poverty reduction. The paper attempts to address a key knowledge gap by improving estimation of MDG costs at both the regional and country levels.
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spelling CGSpace1617522025-11-06T06:28:41Z Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015 Fan, Shenggen Johnson, Michael E. Saurkar, Anuja Makombe, Tsitsi poverty millennium development goals investment agriculture This paper proposes a simple methodology to estimate the agricultural spending that will be required to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015 (MDG1) in 30 sub-Saharan African countries. This method uses growth-poverty and growth-expenditure elasticities to estimate the financial resources required to meet the MDG1, considering both the direct and indirect impacts of agricultural spending on poverty reduction. The paper attempts to address a key knowledge gap by improving estimation of MDG costs at both the regional and country levels. 2008 2024-11-21T09:57:55Z 2024-11-21T09:57:55Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161752 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fan, Shenggen; Johnson, Michael; Saurkar, Anuja; Makombe, Tsitsi. 2008. Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015. IFPRI Discussion Paper; ReSAKSS Working Paper 751; 25. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161752
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millennium development goals
investment
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Fan, Shenggen
Johnson, Michael E.
Saurkar, Anuja
Makombe, Tsitsi
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title Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015
title_full Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015
title_fullStr Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015
title_full_unstemmed Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015
title_short Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015
title_sort investing in african agriculture to halve poverty by 2015
topic poverty
millennium development goals
investment
agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161752
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