Due to declining or stagnating agricultural productivity and rising food insecurity, African
countries agreed to dedicate ten percent of public spending to agriculture under the Maputo …

Managing food price risks and instability is a major challenge in the midst of ongoing food
market reforms. Key findings from the papers in this special volume revolve around five …

Widespread rural poverty in Africa and the success of Asia's Green Revolution suggest that
agriculture is a key sector for African development. However, in response to recent …

The literature on financial development and growth has received a lot of attention over the
past two decades. Unlike growth, not much of consideration has been given to poverty …

This book argues that Africa can feed itself in a generation and help contribute to global food
security despite its history of persistent food shortages and the rising threat of climate …

This report provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa s
smallholder agriculture to stimulate growth and alleviate poverty in an increasingly …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals of eradicating poverty in all its forms and
ensuring zero hunger by 2030 remain among the main challenges facing humanity. Despite …

Labor market distortion is ceaselessly endangering the balance among economic efficiency,
social equity, and environmental quality sought by inclusive green growth and sustainable …

We use a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) model to investigate the impact of domestic and
foreign R&D on agricultural productivity for a sample of 30 sub-Sahara African (SSA) …

Public agriculture expenditure is a significant growth catalyst. However, evaluating the
impact of public agriculture expenditure on food security remains scanty. This paper …