Economic Importance of Agriculture for Poverty Reduction

18-Jan-2010

Dalila Cervantes-Godoy and Joe Dewbre

The Millennium Declaration set 2015 as the target date for halving the number of people living in extreme poverty. This paper examines the role of the agricultural sector and looks at 25 developing countries who have posted extraordinary success in reducing extreme poverty.

Global Change in African Fish Trade: Engine of Development or Threat to Local Food Security?

09-Feb-2009

Christophe Béné

OECD study of the effects of the fish trade in sub-Sahara Africa.

Agricultural Progress in Cameroon, Ghana and Mali: Why it Happened and How to Sustain it

22-Jul-2008

This study finds that agricultural progress in Cameroon, Ghana and Mali defies the often grim assessments of agriculture in the Sub-Saharan region.

CENTRE de DEV DT 158 : Une estimation de la pauvreté en Afrique subsaharienne d'après les données anthropométriques

05-May-2000

Christian Morrisson, Hélène Guilmeau et Charles Linskens

Ce Document de travail présente la première estimation de la pauvreté en Afrique subsaharienne fondée sur les données anthropométriques collectées dans 19 pays par les Demographic and Health Surveys.

CENTRE de DEV DT 157 : Dépenses d'éducation, qualité de l'éducation et pauvreté : l'exemple de cinq pays d'Afrique francophone

05-Apr-2000

Katharina Michaelowa

Quelles sont les mesures les plus efficaces pour assurer des connaissances de base à un grand nombre d'enfants ?

DEV Centre WP 150: The Role of Capital Accumulation, Adjustment and Structural Change for Economic Take-Off: Empirical Evidence from African Growth Episodes

01-Jul-1999

Jean-Claude Berthélemy and Ludvig Söderling

In this study, we analyse extended periods of growth in Africa based on panel estimations from 27 African countries during the 1960-1996 period.

DEV Centre WP 146: Structural Policies for International Competitiveness in Manufacturing:The Case of Cameroon

15-Mar-1999

Ludvig Söderling

This study presents the main developments in the manufacturing industry in Cameroon, based on firm-level data covering the 1980-95 period.