Professor Andy McKay

A new article co-authored by Professor of Development Economics Andy McKay suggests that poverty in sub-Saharan Africa could be alleviated by agricultural growth, and argues that countries whose governments fail to take agriculture seriously will be left behind. 

The article - written with Channing Arndt (Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University) and Finn Tarp (Director, University of Copenhagen) and published in The Conversation - cites China and Vietnam as examples of countries whose rapid economic rise originated in agriculture and observes that 'countries that place a particular emphasis on upgrading the capabilities of small-scale farmers are more likely to achieve broad-based development objectives'.

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