World development report 2008 : agriculture for development (English)

Agriculture is a vital development tool for achieving the Millennium Development Goal that calls for halving by 2015 the share of people suffering from extreme poverty and hunger. That is the overall message of this year's World Development Report (WDR), the 30th in the series. Three out of every four poor people in developing countries live in rural areas, and most of them depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. This report...

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Byerlee,Derek R.;

De Janvry,Alain F.;

Klytchnikova,Irina I.;

Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L.;

Townsend, Robert;
Document Date
2008/01/01
Document Type
World Development Report
Report Number
41455
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2007/11/16
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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World development report 2008 : agriculture for development
Keywords
Agriculture

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Byerlee,Derek R.; De Janvry,Alain F.; Klytchnikova,Irina I.; Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L.; Townsend, Robert.

World development report 2008 : agriculture for development (English). World Development Report|World Development Indicators Washington, DC : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/587251468175472382

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