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Agriculture and Rural Development

The research program on agriculture and rural development reflects key operational areas of the World Bank: agricultural development, community-driven development, diversification of non-farm rural income, infrastructure, land policy, rural microcredit, rural infrastructure, and water resources management.
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Research Highlights 2008 

Research Manager: William Martin

 Policy Research Working Papers
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Climate Volatility and Poverty Vulnerability in Tanzania
November 2009 - Future climate scenarios with the largest increases in climate volatility are projected to make Tanzanians increasingly vulnerable to poverty through its impacts on the production of staple grains, with as many as 90,000 additional people, representing 0.26 percent of the population, entering poverty in the median case.
Policy Research Working Paper 5117 
Conference Papers, October 20, 2009 

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Welfare Impacts of Rural Electrification: Evidence from Vietnam
September 2009 - Grid electrification has been both extensive and intensive (connecting almost 80 percent of the surveyed households by 2005), and has had positive impacts on households’cash income, expenditure, and educational outcomes.
Policy Research Working Paper 5057 

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Does the Village Fund Matter in Thailand?
July 2009 - Evaluates the impact of the Thailand Village and Urban Revolving Fund on household expenditure, income, and assets
Policy Research Working Paper 5011 

Orange triangular bullet for highlight boxesEvaluating the Impact of Egyptian Social Fund for Development Programs
July 2009 - Egypt's Social Fund for Development programs hase have clear and measurable effects, in the expected direction, for all of the programs considered.
Policy Research Working Paper 4993 



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World Development Reports
Development in a Changing Climate (2010)
Reshaping Economic Geography (2009)
Agriculture for Development (2008)
Sustainable Development in a Dynamic World (2003)

Policy Research Reports
Tropical Forests
Land Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction