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75% of the world's poor live in rural areas. The Bank's approach to rural development is holistic and multi-sectoral, focused on improving the well-being of rural people by building their productive, social, and environmental assets.
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Download presentations and event guide from a policy dialogue 'Cultivating Innovation: A Response to the Food Price Crisis' held on September 29, 2008. 
Development Marketplace 2008 on Agriculture for Development is a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank and supported by various partners that identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact.
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World Development Report 2008 Agriculture for Development. In the 21st century, agriculture continues to be a fundamental instrument for sustainable development and poverty reduction. The 2008 World Development Report examines what agriculture can do for development, how agriculture-for-development agendas can best be implemented, and the most effective ways to use agriculture for development and poverty reduction.
|  World Bank Rural Strategy Reaching the Rural Poor: A Renewed Strategy for Rural Development a clarion call to address the needs of poor people in rural areas
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