Agriculture and Rural Poverty

Contents: Preface. 1. Opening markets for agriculture. 2. The future of agricultural trade. 3. The Uruguay round agreement on agriculture. 4. Export subsidies: A distortion to free trade in agriculture. 5. The Uruguay round and agricultural reform. 6. Developing countries and the WTO agricultural negotiations. 7. Can agricultural bio-technology be pro-poor. 8. WTO agricultural negotiations: completing the task. 9. Market access: eliminating barriers that impede trade. 10. Population growth and cropland. 11. Population growth and grain production. 12. The persistence of Indian poverty and its alleviation.13. Overcoming the poverty in India and the lessons learned. 14. Employment and poverty alleviation. 15. Rural poverty in India. 16. Rural poverty in India and development as a policy challenge. 17. The dynamics of rural poverty in India. 18. Women and poverty. 19. Can economic growth reduce poverty? New findings on inequality, economic growth and poverty. 20. Link between disability and poverty. 21. Peace and poverty. 22. Taking poverty to heart: Non-communicable diseases and the poor. 23. Democracy and poverty: are they interlinked? 24. Land tenure: securing land for the Urban poor. 25. Unemployment in the poor and rich worlds: Different causes, but converging policies? 26. Taking a lead in the fight against poverty? World Bank and IMF speed implementation of their new strategy. 27. For Richer, for Fairer: Poverty reduction and income distribution. 28. Tapping the market: Can private enterprise supply water to the poor? 29. City politics: A voice for the poor. 30. Pro-poor tourism: Opportunities for sustainable local development. 31. Richer or Poorer? Achievements and challenges of ethical trade. 32. Myths and illusions. 33. What's  driving migration. 34. Controlling the global tobacco epidemic towards a transnational response. 35. Development of sericulture. 36. Watershed development programme. 37. End of controversy on large Dams? 38. Water facts and findings on large Dams? 39. A breakthrough in the evolution of large Dams? 40. Big-Dam construction is on the rise. Bibliography. Index.

"The relationship between the growth in world population and the grain harvest has shifted over the last half-century, neatly dividing this period into two distinct eras. From 1950 to 1984, growth and the grain harvest easily exceeded that of population, raising the harvest per person from 247 kilograms to 342, a gain of 38 per cent. During the 14 years since then, growth in the grain harvest has fallen behind that of population, dropping output per person from its historic high in 1984 to an estimated. 317 kilograms in 1998-a decline of 7 per cent, or 0.5 per cent a year." (jacket)