Investing in African Agriculture to Halve Poverty by 2015

Investing in African Agriculture to Halve Poverty by 2015 is a discussion paper which examines the agricultural spending in 30 sub-Saharan African countries that is required to achieve agricultural growth needed to meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015. Authored by Saukar, A, et al and using both growth-poverty and growth-expenditure elasticities, this study estimates the required agricultural growth rates and corresponding public expenditures both at the regional and at individual country levels.

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