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Table of contents
Foreword 8
Acknowledgements 12
Overview 14
“In their own words”: introducing the testimonies 25
Chapter 1
Introduction 28
What’s new for rural economies and agriculture? 30
The changing context for rural poverty reduction 35
Key themes of this report 39
Chapter 2
The state of rural poverty today 42
Measuring rural poverty and hunger 46
The livelihoods of poor rural households 52
The multidimensionality of poverty 59
Key messages from this chapter 69
Chapter 3
The importance of addressing risk 72
Introduction 76
How risk and shocks affect poverty dynamics 76
Some of the key risks for poor rural people today 80
Some institutional responses to risk 101
Key messages from this chapter 108