Rural Poverty

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dc.creatorDercon, Stefan
dc.date2012-03-30T07:12:34Z
dc.date2012-03-30T07:12:34Z
dc.date2009-03-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:02:19Z
dc.descriptionPoverty is still a predominantly rural phenomenon. However, the context of rural poverty has been changing across the world, with high growth in some economies and stagnation in others. Furthermore, increased openness in many economies has affected the specific role of agricultural growth for rural poverty reduction. This paper revisits an ‘old’ question: how does growth and poverty reduction come about if most of the poor live in rural areas and are dependent on agriculture? What is the role of agricultural and rural development in this respect? Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa, and using economic theory and the available evidence, the author comes to the conclusion that changing contexts has meant that agricultural growth is only crucial as an engine for growth in particular settings, more specifically in landlocked, resource-poor countries, which are often also characterized by relatively low potential for agriculture. However, extensive market failures in key factor markets and likely spatial effects give a remaining crucial role for rural development policies, including focusing on agriculture, to assist the inclusion of the rural poor in growth and development. How to overcome these market failures remains a key issue for further research.
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dc.identifierWorld Bank Research Observer
dc.identifier1564-6971
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4422
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/4422
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414532
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank Research Observer
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectagricultural growth
dc.subjectmarket failures
dc.subjectpoor
dc.subjectpoor countries
dc.subjectpoor living
dc.subjectpoor person
dc.subjectpoverty persistence
dc.subjectpoverty rates
dc.subjectrural
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectrural development
dc.subjectrural linkages
dc.subjectrural phenomenon
dc.subjectrural poor
dc.subjectrural population
dc.subjectrural poverty
dc.subjectrural poverty reduction
dc.subjectrural sector
dc.subjectsmallholder agriculture
dc.titleRural Poverty
dc.titleOld Challenges in New Contexts
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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