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As food prices increase and many face greater food insecurity, there is global concern about financing agricultural growth in the developing world. Accelerated agricultural growth is not only needed to meet growing global demand for food and energy, but is also seen as the main pathway out of hunger and poverty for many impoverished people and countries.

Global estimates of the amount of investment needed to achieve acceptable levels of agricultural growth in the developing world vary enormously, but all these estimates far exceed the current trends in investment in agriculture by governments and donors. This report addresses the key questions that need to be addressed if this investment gap is to be filled:

■ Who is going to make the required investments?

■ Where are the needed resources going to come from?

■ What are the policy options to ensure that resources flow to appropriate segments of the agrofood value chain?

■ What are the policy options for guiding these investments to enhance pro-poor outcomes?