Improved performance of agriculture in Africa South of the Sahara: Taking off or bouncing back?
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Agriculture; Agricultural growth; Agricultural productivity; growth accounting; economic growth; Commodities; Agricultural policies;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2012-12-15 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2012-12-15 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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