Search Results - "World Bank"

JEEViKA Multisectoral Convergence Initiative in Bihar: Engaging women’s groups to improve nutrition: Summary report by Gupta, Shivani, Kumar, Neha, Menon, Purnima, Pandey, Shinjini, Raghunathan, Kalyani

“…JEEViKA is a program by the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (part of the Department of Rural Development), with the support of the World Bank. It targets women in poor rural households, helping them improve their livelihoods and enhance household incomes through a core set of interventions: organizing the women into self-help groups (SHGs), training and strengthening the SHGs, federating the SHGs into village organizations (VOs) and cluster-level federations (CLFs), and establishing bank linkages for the SHGs and their federations. …”
Get full text

Landscape approach in addressing land use and tenure arrangements among pastoral communities in eastern Africa: The case of Tanzania. by Nindi, S., Flintan, Fiona E., Kalenzi, D., Mwita, V., Luambano, I.

Get full text

Youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa by Filmer, Deon, Fox, Louise, Brooks, Karen, Goyal, Aparajita, Mengistae, Taye, Premand, Patrick, Ringold, Dena, Sharma, Siddharth, Zorya, Sergiy

Get full text

An assessment of the critical financial, human, and institutional capacity issues affecting agricultural research in West Africa: Synthesis and policy considerations by Stads, Gert-Jan, Beintema, Nienke M.

Get full text

The effect of height on earnings: Is stature just a proxy for cognitive and non-cognitive skills? by Bossavie, Laurent, Alderman, Harold, Giles, John, Mete, Cem

Get full text

The Evolution of Food as Social Assistance: An Overview by Alderman, Harold, Gentilini, Ugo, Yemtsov, Ruslan

Get full text

Managing risk with insurance and savings: Experimental evidence for male and female farm managers in the Sahel by Delavallade, Clara, Dizon, Felipe, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Petraud, Jean Paul

Get full text

Revue des depenses publiques agricoles aux echelons federal et infranational au Nigeris (2008 - 2012) by Olomola, Aderibigbe, Mogues, Tewodaj, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Nwoko, Chinedum, Udoh, Edet, Alabi, Reuben Adeolu, Onu, Justice, Woldeyohannes, Sileshi

Get full text

Community based conditional cash transfers in Tanzania: Results from a randomized trial by Evans, David K., Hausladen, Stephanie, Kosec, Katrina, Reese, Natasha

Get full text

Strengthening financial resilience to drought: A feasibility study for an index-based drought risk financing solution for pastoralists in Senegal by Fava, Francesco P., Banerjee, Rupsha R., Kahiu, Njoki, Syll, M.M.A., Lung, Felix, Jensen, Nathaniel D., Zewdie, Yihenew

Get full text

Strengthening financial resilience to drought: A feasibility study for an index-based drought risk financing solution for pastoralists in Burkina Faso by Banerjee, Rupsha R., Fava, Francesco P., Kahiu, Njoki, Jensen, Nathaniel D., Nombre, A., Plevin, J., Dicko, T.F.

Get full text

Strengthening financial resilience to drought: A feasibility study for an index-based drought risk financing solution for pastoralists in Mali by Fava, Francesco P., Banerjee, Rupsha R., Kahiu, Njoki, Maiga, Assoumane, Lung, Felix, Jensen, Nathaniel D., Dicko, T.F., Plevin, J.

Get full text

Strengthening financial resilience to drought: A feasibility study for an index-based drought risk financing solution for pastoralists in Niger by Banerjee, Rupsha R., Fava, Francesco P., Kahiu, Njoki, Lung, Felix, Jensen, Nathaniel D., Dicko, T.F., Plevin, J.

Get full text

Modeling suite by Breisinger, Clemens, Ecker, Olivier, Nelson, Gerald C., Wiebelt, Manfred, Zhu, Tingju

Get full text

Macroeconomic and social impact analysis of the 2011 crisis in Yemen and alternative transition scenarios by Breisinger, Clemens, Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Ecker, Olivier

Get full text

South Asia climate change risks in water management by Hirji, R., Nicol, Alan, Davis, R.

Get full text

Letter from CGIAR Chairman Ismail Serageldin to CGIAR Members by Serageldin, Ismail

“…Letter dated September 11, 1998 from CGIAR Chairman Ismail Serageldin addressing the concerns of CGIAR Members' about the future of World Bank funding of the CGIAR. The World Bank Board had postponed to October 20 its decision on Fiscal Year 1999 funding of the Development Grant Facility which includes Bank support to the CGIAR and a number of other grant programs. …”
Get full text

Climate-Smart Agriculture in Nicaragua by Martínez Valle, Armando Isaac, Nowak, Andreea C., Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin, Lizarazo, Miguel, Jarvis, Andy, Kray H, Arce C

Get full text

Promoting strategic agricultural public spending in Nigeria by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…In 2015, the World Bank awarded Nigeria a $100 million grant for the implementation of Nigeria’s public expenditure action plan to reform the country’s agricultural sector. …”
Get full text

Reaping richer returns: Public spending priorities for African agriculture productivity growth by Goyal, Aparajita, Nash, John D., Fernandes, Erick, Fuje, Habtamu, Gautam, Madhur, Hill, Ruth Vargas, Jacoby, Hanan, Tanimichi, Yurie, Mink, Stephen D., Benin, Samuel, Mogues, Tewodaj, Erman, Alvina, Jayne, Thom, Mason, Nicole, M., Burke, Bill, Ariga, Joshua

Get full text