| Agriculture and Natural Resources - Public Policy and Expenditure There
is an urgent need to identify how public policy and expenditure on agriculture
can be made more effective in achieving poverty reduction. Despite the importance
of agriculture, little is being done to ensure that the sector plays its role
in poverty reduction. In many developing countries, government policy on agriculture
is unclear and public spending in the sector is stagnant or declining. Although
agricultural production is predominantly a private sector activity, public investment
is required to ensure that market mechanisms operate effectively. There are also
important public goods in agriculture for which public funding (though not necessarily
public provision) is required. There is some evidence to support this, which shows
positive growth and poverty reduction effects from public spending on agriculture
- mainly on production-enhancing investments such as agricultural research. 
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Public
Policy and Expenditure Papers
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Formulating
and Implementing Sector-wide Approaches in Agriculture and Rural
Development: A Synthesis Report.
Global Donor Platform for Rural Development. 2007 PDF
Comments on the report.
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Narratives
of Agricultural Policy in Africa:
What Role for Ministries of Agriculture? Future
Agricultures Consortium Workshop Paper. Institute of Development
Studies, 2006.
2 Page Briefing PDF
Full Report PDF
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The
Decline in Public Spending to Agriculture-Does it Matter? Oxford
Policy Management Briefing. 2007 PDF
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Fostering
Country-Owned Strategies for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Saly, Senegal, Workshop Summary. OECD, IFAD. October 2006
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Future
Scenarios for Agriculture in Malawi.
Ephraim W. Chirwa, Jonathan Kydd and Andrew Dorward.
Future Agricultures. 2006.
Briefings, Part1: Concepts PDF
Part 2: Policy PDF
Full research paper PDF
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Agricultural
Policy in Kenya.
Rosemary Atieno and Patrick Alila. Future Agricultures. 2006.
Briefings,Part 1:Policy Issues PDF
Part 2:Policy Processes PDF
Full research paper PDF
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Stakeholders,
Power Relations and Policy
Dialogue. Social Analysis in Agriculture Sector PSIAs
Social
Development Department, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable
Network, Social Analysis and Policy Team, World Bank. 2006 DOC |
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Agriculture
in Kenya: What Shapes the Policy Environment? Final Report.
Lawrence Smith, Stephen Jones, Stanley Karuga. Oxford Policy
Management. 2004. DOC
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Institutions
and Policies for Pro-poor Agricultural Growth,
A. Dorward, S. Fan, J. Kydd, H. Lofgren, J. Morrison, C. Poulton,
N. Rao, L. Smith, H. Tchale, S. Thorat, I. Urey and P. Wobst,
Development Policy Review, 2004, 22 (6): 611-622 Abstract PDF
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Use
of civil society organisations to raise the voice of the poor
in agricultural policy
DFID Agriculture and Natural Resources Working Paper 14, 2004
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Official
Development Assistance to Agriculture
DFID Agriculture and Natural Resources Working Paper 9, 2004
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Public
expenditure, growth, and poverty reduction in rural Uganda,
S. Fan, X. Zhang, and N Rao, DSGD Discussion Paper No. 4, IFPRI,
March 2004 PDF |
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| Public
Policy and Expenditure Lessons
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Policy and Expenditure Theme Discussions and Reports from DFID consultation on
the role of agriculture in growth and poverty reduction
(14 April - 28 May, 2004) HTML |
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