World Bank Assistance to Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

An IEG Review

World Bank

• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Year: 2007
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9780821373514
• Subtopic: Agribusiness
• Index: Business

A critical analysis of World Bank's agricultural assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the period of fiscal 1991-2006.

This region faces a variety of constraints that make its development a complex challenge. This volume offers insights into:

• The underperformance of the agriculture sector.
• The neglect by donors and governments over the past two decades.
• The limited and declining support to agriculture.
• The need for coordinated interventions.

This book is for policymakers, development practitioners, researchers, and academics interested in African agriculture and international development.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Avant propos
• Prefácio
• Preface
• Préface
• Nota Preliminar
• Executive Summary
• Synthèse
• Resumo Executivo
• Management Response
• Réponse de la direction
• A Resposta da Administração
• Chairperson’s Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE)
• Rapport de synthèse du Président : Comité pour l’efficacité du développement (CODE)
• Resumo do Presidente:Comissão sobre a Eficácia do Desenvolvimento (COED)
• Evaluation Snapshot in Selected Languages
• 1 Introduction
• 2 African Agriculture and the Bank
• 3 Bank Support for Agriculture and Portfolio Performance
• 4 Key Factors of Performance
• 5 The Bank’s Contribution—A Thematic Assessment
• 6 Findings and Recommendations
• Appendixes
• Endnotes
• References
• Box 2.1 Constraints to Development of Access to Credit and Rural Finance in Africa
• Box 3.1 Bank’s Coding System and Inadequate Reflection of Important Agricultural Activities
• Box 4.1 Weak Political Commitment Has Been a Factor in Performance
• Box 4.2 The History and Challenges of National Research Capacity in Africa
• Box 5.1 Bank Support for Fadama Project I in Nigeria: Achievements Constrained by Lack of a Multifaceted Approach
• Box 5.2 Cassava: A Missed Opportunity for the Bank to Contribute to Food Security
• Box 5.3 New Uganda Extension System Improves Efficiency But Faces Challenges
• Box 5.4 Zimbabwe Pilot for Land Reform Fails to Take Off
• Box 5.5 Agricultural Market Reform in Africa: The Expectations
• Box 5.6 Negative Impacts of Policy Sequencing on Traditional Export Crop Sectors in Cameroon
• Figure 2.1 Changes in Cereal Production Produced by Changes in Area and Yield, 1961–2001
• Figure 3.1 Sectoral Distribution of Investment Lending in Africa, Fiscal 1991–2006
• Figure 3.2 Outcome and Sustainability Ratings
• Figure 3.3 Performance of Bank Projects with Greater than 50 Percent Agricultural Component
• Figure 5.1 Production of Maize and Cassava in Six Drought-Affected Countries of Southern Africa