Agricultural Policies for Poverty Reduction

With more than two-thirds of the world's poor living in rural areas, higher rural incomes are a pre-requisite for sustained poverty reduction and reduced hunger. This volume sets out a strategy for raising rural incomes which emphasises the creation of diversified rural economies with opportuni...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brooks, Jonathan
Corporate Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2012
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Strategic Framework for Strengthening Rural Incomes in Developing Countries
  • Executive Summary
  • Foreword and Acknowledgements
  • The Use of Input Subsidies in Low-Income Countries
  • The Distributional Implications of Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries
  • Agricultural policies for raising rural incomes
  • Contributors
  • Stabilisation Policies in Developing Countries after the 2007-08 Food Crisis
  • Distributional Impacts of Commodity Prices in Developing Countries