The downward spiral in Sub-Saharan Africa : population growth, agricultural decline, and destruction of the environment (English)

In Sub-Saharan Africa, problems of agricultural development, population growth, and the environment are linked in a nexus of mutually reinforcing causality chains. Indeed so negative are the connections between the three problems that they have led to a downward spiral. Despite the gravity of the crisis, there are solutions. To improve the region's standard of living and to stop the downward spiral, two targets need to be realized: (1) raising agricultural...

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Cleaver, Kevin;

Schreiber, Gotz;
Document Date
1995/05/31
Document Type
Newsletter
Report Number
18278
Volume No
1
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1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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The downward spiral in Sub-Saharan Africa : population growth, agricultural decline, and destruction of the environment
Keywords
education need

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Cleaver, Kevin; Schreiber, Gotz.

The downward spiral in Sub-Saharan Africa : population growth, agricultural decline, and destruction of the environment (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/140061468741855577

The downward spiral in Sub-Saharan Africa : population growth, agricultural decline, and destruction of the environment (English)

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