Prospects for rural development in sub-Saharan Africa appear to be much poorer than in the rest of the developing world, especially since the oil price increases. If present trends continue, African dependence on food imports will increase. Despite the rhetorical acknowledgment of the importance of the agricultural and rural sector, most African countries are not giving that sector the needed priority in their policies and budgets. Indeed, the rural sector is heavily taxed for the support of urban modernization. Large investments by foreign donors in the rural sector have had little overall effect. Donors need to adopt a longer perspective on development and to make greater efforts to promote indigenous capacities for policy, planning, and administration. Their investments need to be geared more to broad-based higher education and training and to transport and communication.
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Document Date
1981/02/28
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Document Type
Journal Article
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Report Number
REP186
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2010/07/10
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Rural Africa : modernization, equity, and long-term development
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Keywords
Agricultural development; Agricultural training; Communication systems; Food imports; Growth rate; Higher education; Investment; Investment policy; Policy making; Rural development; Transport; Allocation of resources
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Lele,Uma
Rural Africa : modernization, equity, and long-term development (English). World Bank reprint series ; no. REP 186 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/175471467980467232/Rural-Africa-modernization-equity-and-long-term-development