Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework -- Chapter 3 Participation of the Poor in Growth -- Chapter 4 The Growth Potential of Agriculture -- Chapter 5 Agriculture and Growth in the Rest of the Economy -- Chapter 6 A Sectoral Decomposition of Poverty Change -- Chapter 7 Concluding Observations -- Appendix 1 Objectives of and Data Sources for Case Studies -- Appendix 2 Data Sources and Constructs Used in Case Studies -- Appendix 3 Decomposition of Changes in the Poverty Headcount before and after 1995 -- Appendix 4 Welfare Effect of Productivity and Output Price Change -- Country Case Study Papers -- References -- Index -- Figures -- 1.1 Evolution of Cereal Yields and Poverty in East and South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, 1981-2001 -- 2.1 Relative Roles of Agricultural Growth and Nonagricultural Growth in Reducing Poverty -- Tables -- 3.1 Geographical Coverage of Poverty Data -- 3.2 Decomposition of Changes in the Poverty Headcount -- 3.3 Decomposition of Changes in the Poverty Gap -- 3.4 Share and Elasticity Components of the Participation Effect of Sectoral Growth on Headcount Poverty -- 3.5 Anticipated Effects of an Increase in Agricultural Productivity or Food Price, Depending on a Household's Position in the Food and Labor Markets -- 3.6 Staple Crop Marketing Position in Case Study Countries by Income/Expenditure Quintiles -- 3.7 Effect of 20 Percent Decrease in Maize Prices on Household Welfare by Income Quintile and Market Position -- 4.1 Agricultural and Nonagricultural Growth Rates by Decade and Region, 1960-2003 -- 4.2 Average Agricultural and Nonagricultural GDP, Productivity, and Population Growth Rates by Region, 1960-2003 -- 4.3 Fertilizer Use, Yields, and Returns in Ethiopia, 1999 -- 6.1 Sectoral Decomposition of Changes in Headcount Poverty.