Schejtman, AlexanderBerdegué, JulioModrego, Félix2012-06-262012-06-262006-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9138A wealth of success stories on the role of agriculture as a driver of employment and income diversification in poor rural communities, and also of initiatives of dialogue and public-private partnership at the local level exist. The paper reviews some examples of these policy-driven initiatives where agriculture-based processes led to significant impacts on poverty reduction. These examples offer lessons on the way to resolve the upscaling problem of local initiatives.CC BY 3.0 IGOWorld Development Report 2008World Bank10.1596/9138