Agricultural Growth, Poverty Dynamics and Markets

Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09

40 Pages Posted: 7 Feb 2011

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Andrew Shepherd

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

Martin Prowse

University of Antwerp

Date Written: February 4, 2011

Abstract

Agricultural growth is a particularly important pathway for addressing the needs of the chronically poor who, as a group, are particularly reliant on agriculture. In summarising key findings on agricultural growth and poverty reduction from country studies commissioned by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), this paper suggests that agricultural growth has been a surprisingly important component of poverty exits, and also finds evidence that agricultural growth helps prevent entries into poverty.

Suggested Citation

Shepherd, Andrew and Prowse, Martin, Agricultural Growth, Poverty Dynamics and Markets (February 4, 2011). Chronic Poverty Report 2008-09 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1754995 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1754995

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Martin Prowse

University of Antwerp ( email )

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Antwerp, 2000
Belgium

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