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October 19, 2007 – The latest World Development Report calls for greater investment in agriculture in developing countries and warns that the sector must be placed at the center of the development agenda if the goals of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 are to be realized

10.19.07
Agricultural and rural sectors have suffered from neglect and underinvestment over the past 20 years. While 75 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas, a mere 4 percent of official development assistance goes to agriculture in developing countries.

10.19.07
Derek Byerlee, co-author of the World Development Report.

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10.19.07
Agriculture's Key Role in the Economy Transformation in Africa
PART 1 - (RealPlayer)
PART 2 - (RealPlayer)

Speakers:
President Robert B. Zoellick
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Liberia)

10.19.07
Press Briefing on World Development Report
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Speakers:
François Bourguignon ,World Bank Chief Economist
Kathy Sierra, Vice President for Sustainable Development
Alain F. de Janvry ,Co-Author

10.19.07
Press Briefing: Latin America Reading of World Development Report
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Speakers:
Alain F. de Janvry ,Co-Author
Laura Tuck, Sector Director for Sustainable Development
Ethel Sennhauser, Sector Manager