The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction : An Empirical Perspective

The relative contribution of a sector to poverty reduction is shown to depend on its direct and indirect growth effects as well as its participation effect. The paper assesses how these effects compare between agriculture and non-agriculture by reviewing the literature and by analyzing cross-country...

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Main Authors:	Christiaensen, Luc, Demery, Lionel, Kuhl, Jesper
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AVERAGE INCOMES CHANGES IN POVERTY CLASSICAL ECONOMISTS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL FARMERS COUNTRY REGRESSIONS COUNTRY SPECIFIC CROSS COUNTRY CROSS COUNTRY DATA DEMAND FOR FOOD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DUAL ECONOMY DYNAMIC PANEL EAST EUROPE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECONOMICS LITERATURE EMPIRICAL APPLICATION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ERROR TERM ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXTENSION FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM INCOME FARM SECTOR FIXED PRICES FOOD CROPS FOOD MARKETS FOOD PRICES GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH EFFECT GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INCOME INCOME CHANGE INCOME GAINS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIALIZATION INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES INEQUALITY IRRIGATION LAGGED DEPENDENT LAGGED LEVELS LAGGED VALUES LAND PRODUCTIVITY LATIN AMERICAN LONG RUN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARGINAL PRODUCTS MICRO DATA MULTIPLIER EFFECTS MULTIPLIERS NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NEW TECHNOLOGIES POLICY MAKERS POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POOR SMALLHOLDER POVERTY DATA POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES REAL PRODUCT WAGE REDUCING POVERTY RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION RELATIVE ROLE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HEADCOUNT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL SECTOR SECTORAL COMPOSITION SERIAL CORRELATION SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SOIL DEGRADATION SOILS STANDARD DEVIATION STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TOTAL OUTPUT TOTAL POVERTY UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS WAGE EARNERS WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7071126/role-agriculture-poverty-reduction-empirical-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9306