dc.contributor.author	Goyal, Aparajita
dc.contributor.author	Nash, John
dc.date.accessioned	2017-02-02T17:28:50Z
dc.date.available	2017-02-02T17:28:50Z
dc.date.issued	2017-02-21
dc.description.abstract	Enhancing the productivity of agriculture is vital for Sub-Saharan Africa's economic future and is one of the most important tools to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in the region. How governments elect to spend public resources has significant development impact in this regard. Choosing to catalyze a shift toward more effective, efficient, and climate-resilient public spending in agriculture can accelerate change and unleash growth. Not only does agricultural public spending in Sub-Saharan Africa lag behind other developing regions but its impact is vitiated by subsidy programs and transfers that tend to benefit elites to the detriment of poor people and the agricultural sector itself. Shortcomings in the budgeting processes also reduce spending effectiveness. In light of this scenario, addressing the quality of public spending and the efficiency of resource use becomes even more important than addressing only the level of spending. Improvements in the policy environment, better institutions, and investments in rural public goods positively affect agricultural productivity. These, combined with smarter use of public funds, have helped lay the foundations for agricultural productivity growth around the world, resulting in a wealth of important lessons from which African policy makers and development practitioners can draw. 'Reaping Richer Returns: Public Spending Priorities for African Agriculture Productivity Growth' will be of particular interest to policy makers, development practitioners, and academics. The rigorous analysis presented in this book provides options for reform with a view to boosting the productivity of African agriculture and eventually increasing development impact.	en
dc.description.abstract	Un secteur agricole dynamique, viable et résilient est essentiel pour l’avenir économique de l’Afrique subsaharienne. Certes, on note une amélioration de la productivité de l’agriculture africaine, mais elle reste en deçà des niveaux de l’Asie et de l’Amérique latine et ne s’est pas traduite par des gains de développement nécessaires pour réduire considérablement la pauvreté dans les zones rurales de la région. Réfléchissez plutôt à ceci : environ deux tiers de la population africaine dépend encore de l’agriculture pour vivre, et les dépenses alimentaires représentent près des trois quarts des dépenses de consommation des ménages les plus pauvres sur le continent. Du fait de faible productivité agricole, la population urbaine en expansion fait face au renchérissement des prix des denrées alimentaires. L’amélioration de la productivité et de la compétitivité de l’agriculture africaine doit devenir une priorité si l’on veut avoir un impact marqué sur la réduction de la pauvreté.	fr
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/720751489776752023/Reaping-richer-returns-public-spending-priorities-for-African-agriculture-productivity-growth
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0937-8
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-0937-8
dc.identifier.isbn	978-2-37902-005-6
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25996
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank and Agence Francaise de Developpement
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Africa Development Forum;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE RESEARCH
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE POLICY
dc.subject	INPUT SUBSIDIES
dc.subject	CAADP
dc.subject	IRRIGATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC FINANCE
dc.subject	COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT SPENDING
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	agriculture productivity
dc.subject	productivity
dc.subject	production
dc.title	Reaping Richer Returns	en
dc.title	Obtenir de meilleurs résultats	fr
dc.title.subtitle	Public Spending Priorities for African Agriculture Productivity Growth	en
dc.title.subtitle	Priorités en matière de dépenses publiques pour les gains de productivité de l’agriculture africaine	fr
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/agriculture-in-africa-public-spending-priorities Program website
okr.crossref.title	Reaping Richer Returns: Public Spending Priorities for African Agriculture Productivity Growth
okr.date.disclosure	2017-02-21
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-15T11:45:30.655119Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0937-8
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0937-8
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	210937
okr.identifier.report	113592
okr.imported	true
okr.language.supported	en
okr.language.supported	fr
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.geographical	Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.topic	Agriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade::Export Competitiveness
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topic	Rural Development::Agricultural Growth and Rural Development
okr.unit	AFRCE
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