Resultados de búsqueda - "World Bank"

Bioengineering of Crops Could Help Feed the World: Crop Increases of 10-25 Percent Possible por CGIAR Secretariat

“…News release on a CGIAR-World Bank report 'Bioengineering of Crops' describing the potential of agricultural bioengineering to increase crop yields by 10 to 25 percent over the next 30 years.…”
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Partners Against Hunger: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research por Baum, Warren C.

“…Lejeune, and published for the CGIAR by the World Bank. Out of print.…”
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Improving the business environment for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Pacific Island countries por Fisher, L., Francis, Judith Ann, Cruickshank, D., Dietershagen, Jana

“…These factors not only govern how businesses are formed, operate, grow and evolve; they also determine the way business agreements and contractual arrangements are structured and enforced; the way debt recovery, lending and consumer protection are administered; and how property rights are ascertained. The World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business comparative analysis for 2018 and 2019 (World Bank, 2019) shows a slight improvement for the Solomon Islands, no change for Fiji, and increasing difficulty for Kiribati, RMI, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. …”
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Implementation Support Mission - Aide Memoire March 2022 por Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa

“…From March 21-25, 2022, the World Bank and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) jointly undertook an Implementation Support Mission (ISM) for the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) (P173398) in Accra, Ghana. …”
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Senegal’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia

“…Senegal experienced annual economic growth of 4.8 percent during the 2009 to 2019 period (World Bank 2023a). With an annual population growth rate of 2.7 percent over the same period, the living standards of Senegalese improved modestly. …”
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Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia

“…Madagascar’s economy showed little progress during the decade from 2009 to 2019, growing at an average rate of just 2.9 percent per year, which is only marginally higher than the population growth rate of 2.7 percent (World Bank 2023). The global COVID-19 pandemic pushed the economy into negative growth in 2020, while drought, flooding, and storm damages in 2021 and 2022 had further adverse impacts on the economy. …”
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Tajikistan’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Diao, Xinshen, Fang, Peixun, Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Akramov, Kamiljon T., Ellis, Mia

“…Tajikistan’s GDP growth is projected to be 6.5 percent in 2023 and 5.0 percent in 2024 (World Bank 2023b), below its pre-pandemic growth trajectory.…”
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Community volunteers deliver integrated prevention and treatment services to reduce child wasting in Chad por Becquey, Elodie, Touré, Mariama, Djoufouna, Ahmed D., Barba, Francisco, Affenou, Aldo, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Dione, Malick, Sawadogo, Abdoulaye, Huybregts, Lieven

“…Children who survive often suffer from long-term cognitive and physical disabilities UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and the World Bank 2021; Black et al. 2013). Member countries of the World Health Assembly (WHA) have agreed to reduce and maintain the prevalence of wasting to less than 5 percent by 2025. …”
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Pakistan: Getting more from water por Young, William J., Anwar, Arif, Bhatti, Tousif, Borgomeo, Edoardo, Davies, Stephen

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Evolution of rice consumption and demand patterns por Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, Kuku-Shittu, Oluyemisi

“…The analysis uses a linear expenditure system demand model and the most recent data from the 2011 Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) (Nigeria, NBS and World Bank 2011), which is the nationally representative household data collected by the World Bank and the NBS. …”
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Relief from usury: Impact of a community-based microcredit program in rural India por Hoffmann, Vivian, Rao, Vijayendra, Surendra, Vaishnavi, Datta, Upamanyu

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How Fair is Workfare? Gender, Public Works, and Employment in Rural Ethiopia por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Yohannes, Yisehac

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The abolition of the wheat flour ration shops in Pakistan por Garrett, James L., Islam, Yassir

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Leveraging agricultural value chains to enhance tropical tree cover and slow deforestation (leaves): Synthesis report por Nepstad, Daniel, Lovett, Peter, Irawan, Silvia, Watts, John, Pezo Quevedo, Danilo A., Somarriba, Eduardo, Shimada, Joao, Nsuwa Cudjoe, Dora, Fernandes, Erick C.M.

“…The Leveraging Agricultural Value Chains to Enhance Tropical Tree Cover and Slow Deforestation (LEAVES) program, led by the World Bank Group and financed by the Program on Forests (PROFOR) has conducted agricultural commodity case studies involving beef, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, shea butter and soybean to identify key recommendations and lessons that can help the World Bank Group and others realize the potential of reducing deforestation and enhancing tree cover in agricultural landscapes. …”
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Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the CGIAR Finance Committee por CGIAR Finance Committee

“…It foresaw allocating World Bank funds to match contributions of other donors at the same rate as in 1998, 11% of up to $300 million. …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Dresden, Germany, May 21-26, 2000: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions por CGIAR Secretariat

“…Ismail Serageldin relinquished the chair, and Ian Johnson, World Bank Vice President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development became chairman-designate.The Group agreed on a long term global effort to create public awareness and mobilize financial resources. …”
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The need for solution driven AMR research—A One Health perspective por Wieland, Barbara

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Agricultural and Food Systems Transformation for Better Food Security and Nutrition in Eurasia por Akramov, Kamiljon T.

“…Kamiljon Akramov POLICY SEMINAR Agricultural and Food Systems Transformation for Better Food Security and Nutrition in Eurasia Co-Organized by IFPRI, the World Bank, and CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) NOV 13, 2018 - 01:20 PM TO 02:20 PM EST…”
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Accelerating technical change through ICT-enabled agricultural extension: Evidence on technology adoption, gender, and productivity por Abate, Gashaw T., Bernard, Tanguy, van Campenhout, Bjorn, Lecoutere, Els, Makhija, Simrin, Spielman, David J.

“…As part of the IFPRI Egypt Seminar in partnership with the World Bank, IFPRI Egyprt seminar “Innovations for Agricultural Development in Egypt”.…”
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COP28- Climate-resilient management approaches for flood and drought: Moving from theory to practice (8 December, 13:00–14:30)-Video por Water for Climate Pavilion

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