The Decline and Rise of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1961

Steven Block

NBER Working Paper No. 16481
Issued in October 2010

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The author wishes to thank the National Bureau of Economic Research Africa Project for supporting this research. He is particularly grateful to Keith Fuglie and Will Masters for detailed comments and suggestions, along with the feedback of participants at the NBER Africa Successes Project conference in Accra, Ghana (July 2010). The author also thanks Marina Dimova for her able assistance in constructing the dataset. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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