The book brings together recent analysis of public spending for agricultural growth and rural development in Africa, providing insights on the contributions of different types of public expenditures for poverty, growth and welfare outcomes.

Tewodaj Mogues and Samuel Benin are Research Fellows at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington DC, USA.

1. Introduction Tewodaj Mogues and Samuel Benin 2. Public Spending for Agriculture in Africa: Definition, Measures and Trends Shenggen Fan and Anuja Saurkar 3. Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction Impacts of Public Investments: Assessment of Concepts and Techniques Samuel Benin, Tewodaj Mogues and Shenggen Fan 4. Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria Tewodaj Mogues, Michael Morris, Lev Freinkman, Abimbola Adubi and Simeon Ehui 5. Public Expenditures and Agricultural Productivity Growth in Ghana Samuel Benin, Tewodaj Mogues, Godsway Cudjoe and Josée Randriamamonjy 6. Public Investment and Poverty Reduction in Tanzania: Evidence from Household Survey Data Shenggen Fan, David Nyange and Neetha Rao 7. Public Expenditure, Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rural Uganda Shenggen Fan and Xiaobo Zhang 8. The Bang for the Birr: Public Spending and Rural Welfare in Ethiopia Tewodaj Mogues 9. Investing in African Agriculture to Halve Poverty By 2015 Shenggen Fan, Michael Johnson, Anuja Saurkar and Tsitsi Makombe 10. Agricultural and Rural Public Spending in Africa: Conclusions and Implications Samuel Benin and Tewodaj Mogues