This web site provides a resource base for conducting analysis of public expenditure in the agricultural sector (APEA). Developed by the Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) of the World Bank, as part an on-going partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID) on Public Expenditure in Agriculture, the web site contains various resources on available tools and methods that may be used in analyzing public expenditures in the agriculture sector. It also pulls together many published studies that have analyzed expenditures in the agricultural sector.  Three of every four people in developing countries live in rural areas. Most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, directly or indirectly. Investing more and better in agriculture could dramatically reduce rural poverty and contribute to growth. This web site was put together as part of a process to improve the analysis of public expenditures in agriculture and to increase awareness of the process and political economy of public spending in the sector to enhancing understanding of the linkages between spending in agriculture and outcomes. It is hoped that this site will be a valuable resource for anyone tasked with analyzing expenditures in the agriculture sector.  Material of possible relevance to the analysis of public expenditure in agriculture is organized as a single site to enable easy access to information. The reference material draws primarily, but not exclusively, on World Bank literature.  Structure and Objectives  The web site is organized by core themes, defined by specific objectives: - Provide an overview of a general set of tools used to analyze public spending;
- Stocktaking of relevant material on public expenditure and agriculture, drawing from different sources;
- Identify studies related to the expenditure impact on core public goods in the sector;
- Inform about the on-going initiative of the ARD-DfID Partnership
- Provide an indication of the scope of decentralization in the sector
Themes are further broken into sub-sections with reference material supporting each. Given the complexity of the agricultural sector and the different dimensions of public spending, the relevance of many of the provided references is not exclusive to a particular sub-section or theme. Rather they are interrelated.  Content  ARD-DfID Partnership Public Expenditure Tools Public Expenditure in the Context of Agriculture Expenditure Impact and Public Goods in Agriculture Decentralization and Agriculture Sources of Data for Conducting PER in Agriculture Internal Resources for World Bank Staff   For ideas and suggestions on how to improve this web site or to contribute relevant material, please contact Chris Delgado (ARD) at cdelgado@worldbank.org, copied to Mona Sur (ARD) at msur@worldbank.org and Marketa Jonasova (ARD) at mjonasova@worldbank.org.    |
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