Title: The African millennium villages

Authors: Sanchez, Pedro

Place: [New York, NY

Publisher: Columbia university. Center for digital research and scholarship (CDRS)

Year: 2009]

Journal: Consilience : the journal of sustainable development

Volume: Issue 1 (2009)

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: public finance, rural areas, infrastructure, health services, agricultural development, poverty alleviation, local government, africa south of sahara

Abstract: This article describes the concept, strategy and initial results of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) and implications regarding scalability. Can the interacting crises of agriculture, health, and infrastructure in rural Africa be overcome through targeted public-sector investments?

URL: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sitefiles/file/PNAS.pdf

Document type: Portal