Resultados de búsqueda - "Development assistance."

Evaluating the impact of policy research: Lessons from the evaluation of rural policy research in developing countries por Slade, Roger, Renkow, Mitch, Place, Frank, Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…Policy research, particularly when focused on the problems of developing countries, is under pressure by key investors to justify its impact compared to other types of development assistance that produce more tangible outcomes (e.g., roads, schools, and plant breeding). …”
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Aid to agriculture: reversing the decline por von Braun, Joachim, Hopkins, Raymond F., Puetz, Detlev, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

“…Despite continuing food crises in the developing world, agricultural development assistance from major governments and international institutions has declined since the early 1980s. …”
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Can everybody be well fed by 2020 without damaging natural resources? por Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

“…This lecture discusses six actions essential to meeting global food needs without damaging the natural environment: selectively strengthening the capacity of the governments of developing countries, investing in the poor, accelerating agricultural productivity, assuring the sound management of natural resources, and expanding and realigning international development assistance. Two scenarios are used to illustrate the impacts of different courses of action taken to mitigate threats to sustainable food security.…”
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2024 IFPRI audited financial statements por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…That landscape of global development and international cooperation is rapidly changing amid unabated conflicts, crises, misinformation, growing geopolitical uncertainties and, as we write this in May 2025, a sharp decline in development assistance and a shaken international trading system. …”
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1992 CGIAR Annual Report por CGIAR Secretariat

“…The chapter notes a serious contraction in official development assistance and its consequences for international agricultural research, progress in establishing CIFOR, and measures to improve developing country representation in the CGIAR System. …”
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How aid helps achieve MDGs in Africa: The case of primary education por Yogo, Thierry Urbain

“…Since 2000, Official Development Assistance has played a crucial role in efforts to achieve the global MDGs. …”
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Evaluating the local economywide impacts of irrigation projects: Feed the future in Tanzania por Filipski, Mateusz J., Manning, Dale, Taylor, J. Edward, Diao, Xinshen, Pradesha, Angga

“…The structure of local markets, as well as labor and land availability, shapes project spillovers in ways that point to future directions for development assistance in the region.…”
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Aid to agriculture: reversing the decline por von Braun, Joachim, Hopkins, Raymond F., Puetz, Detlev, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul

“…Despite continuing food crises in the developing world, agricultural development assistance from major governments and international institutions has declined since the early 1980s. …”
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Assistance to forestry: what have we learnt? por Persson, R.

“…Assistance given to forestry, such as official development assistance in general, presents problems. It is well known that commitment and ownership are needed to achieve success. …”
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International forestry cooperation: which way now ? por Kiekens, J. P., Byron, R.N.

“…This article discusses current trends: frequent, lengthy talks with limited action; declining official development assistance to forestry; an incomplete and incoherent international institutional framework; and increased reliance on hypothetical market-based mechanisms such as certification. …”
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Invitations to a meeting to organize long-term support for international agricultural research por McNamara, Robert S.

“…The latter consist of a summary report of the Bellagio meeting in February 1970 of agriculturalists from development assistance agencies, a provisional agenda, a list of invitees, and a draft statement of the objectives, composition and organizational structure of a proposed international agricultural research consultative group.…”
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Changing donor trends in assistance to agricultural research and development in Africa South of the Sahara por Pingali, Prabhu L., Spielman, David J., Zaidi, Fatima

“…This chapter examines one facet of this resourcing challenge—the role and contribution of the donor community and official development assistance (ODA) to AR4D. Specifically, it examines historical and emerging trends in the international donor community in terms of who is investing, how much they are investing, and where their investments are targeted. …”
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Growth of Foreign Assistance and its Impact on Agriculture por Lele, Uma

“…Public opinion surveys in countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) indicate that while 79 percent of those interviewed in the United States approved of emergency aid, only 49 percent supported development assistance (OECD 1984a). The second justification is that aid is needed to correct international market failures.…”
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Policy implications of land use changes in the uplands of northern Lao PDR por Douangsavanh, L., Laddavong, P., Bouahom, B., Castella, J.C.

“…The 2000s decade has seen a lot of changes in the northern uplands of Lao PDR that where driven by three main drivers or agents of change: government policies, foreign private investors and development assistance led by bilateral or multilateral organizations or international NGOs. …”
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Report of the Sixteenth Meeting of the CGIAR Oversight Committee por CGIAR Oversight Committee

“…The Committee interacted with the Chairman of the CGIAR and the Finance Committee on the System Review.The Committee reiterated the importance of centers using realistic funding projections, given the pressures on development assistance, and on the World Bank contribution. …”
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Ceres2030: Sustainable solutions to end hunger summary report por Laborde Debucquet, David, Murphy, Sophia, Parent, Marie, Porciello, Jaron, Smaller, Carin

“…The project focuses on three of the five targets in the second sustainable development goal (SDG 2) and looks at the public spending needed in low- and middle-income countries, including the contribution from donors through official development assistance (ODA).…”
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Capacity for forestry research in selected countries of West and Central Africa por Spilsbury, M.J., Kowero, G.S., Tchala-Abina, F

“…While there is still a considerable need to invest in the development of human resources and physical infrastructure at the institutional level, governements and development assistance agencies should pay more attention to promoting efficiency and effectiveness of the 'supply' side of research systems (national and regional). …”
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Financing sustainable forest management: report of the International Workshop of Experts, 22-25 January 2001, Oslo, Norway por Chipeta, M.E., Joshi, M.

“…Greater investment is needed from private sector, public sector, and official development assistance. Means of promoting SFM financing: investment promotion entity (IPE), global forest fund (GFF) and other international financial resources were discussed. …”
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Influencing the global forest policy agenda: an evaluation of CIFOR's research por Spilsbury, M.J., Bose, P.

“…Two broad, and partially overlapping, policy impact pathways are examined: 1.) research influence on organizations responsible for major financial flows to forest-related development assistance; 2.) research influence on the key organizations that help shape the global forest agenda. …”
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Survival in the Sahel: An Ecological and Developmental Challenge por Leisinger, Klaus M., Schmitt, Karin

“…Fourth, even organizations that do not have development assistance as their main raison d'etre can and should be involved in the development of the Sahel…”
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