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- 008 110926s2012 enka b 001 0 eng
- 020 __ |a 9780415603676 (hardback)
- 020 __ |a 0415603676 (hardback)
- 040 __ |a DLC |c DLC |d YDX |d YDXCP |d HUA
- 050 00 |a HJ7923 |b .P83 2012
- 082 00 |a 354.5/246096 |2 23
- 099 __ |a CAL 022012067406
- 245 00 |a Public expenditures for agricultural and rural development in Africa / |c edited by Tewodaj Mogues and Samuel Benin.
- 260 __ |a Abingdon, Oxon : |b Routledge, |c 2012.
- 300 __ |a xxii, 282 p. : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm.
- 490 1_ |a Routledge studies in development economics ; |v 94
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-275) and index.
- 520 __ |a "The Minister of Finance of an African country needs to reallocate the country's public investment to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of halving the proportion of the poor and hungry by 2015: Should the minister increase investment in health and education, with the view that a future productive labour force can lift itself out of poverty? Or shift a greater share of the public budget to support agricultural productivity directly, as the vast majority of the poor relies on agriculture as their main livelihood? Or yet, should the minister focus more on building roads in rural areas where most of the poor live, to enable both people and goods to move more cheaply and thus boost the functioning of markets? These questions highlight some of the challenges that many African countries (and indeed much of the developing world) face in supporting agricultural and rural growth and reducing poverty. The book brings together recent analysis on the trends in, and returns to, public spending for agricultural growth and rural development in Africa. Case studies of selected African countries provide insights into the contributions of different types of public expenditures for poverty, growth and welfare outcomes, as well as insights into the constraints in gaining development mileage from investments in the agricultural sector. This work will be of interest primarily to analysts, researchers and students interested in agricultural and rural development and poverty in Africa and other developing regions, as well as to African policymakers, donor agencies, and civil society organisations concerned with these issues"--
- 650 _0 |a Government spending policy |z Africa |v Case studies.
- 650 _0 |a Agricultural development projects |z Africa |v Case studies.
- 650 _0 |a Rural development |z Africa |v Case studies.
- 650 _0 |a Economic assistance, Domestic |z Africa |v Case studies.
- 651 _0 |a Africa |x Appropriations and expenditures |v Case studies.
- 700 1_ |a Tewodaj Mogues.
- 700 1_ |a Benin, S. |q (Samuel)
- 830 _0 |a Routledge studies in development economics ; |v 94.
- 950 __ |a SCNU |f F814.03/T354