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040 _cCUS
082 _a338.1
_bTHE/A
245 0 _aAgriculture for development/
260 _aWashington:
_bThe World Bank,
_c2007.
300 _a365 p. :
_bcol.ill., col maps ;
_c27 cm.
440 _aWorld development report, 2008.
505 _aOverview -- Part. I. What can agriculture do for development? Growth and poverty reduction in agriculture's three worlds ; Agriculture's performance, diversity, and uncertainties ; Rural households and their pathways out of poverty -- Part II. What are effective instruments for using agriculture for development? Reforming trade, price, and subsidy policies ; Bringing agriculture to the market ; Supporting smallholder competitiveness through institutional innovations ; Innovating through science and technology ; Making agricultural systems more environmentally sustainable ; Moving beyond the farm -- Part III. How can agriculture-for-development agendas best be implemented? Emerging national agendas for agriculture's three worlds ; Strengthening governance, from local to global -- Selected indicators. Selected agricultural and rural indicators ; Selected world development indicators.
650 _aEconomic development
650 _aPopulation
650 _aAgriculture--Economic aspects
650 _aFood supply
650 _aInternational economic relations
650 _aWorld Bank
650 _aSocial policy
650 _aDeveloping countries
710 _aThe World Bank
942 _cWB16