Search Results - "World Bank"

ICRISAT Special Account Agreement between the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Ford Foundation by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

“…The agreement describes the account to be opened by the World Bank Group and the donors of ICRISAT. The agreement is in English and contains three articles and three schedules of contributions to the account.…”
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King Baudouin International Development Prize by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The CGIAR Secretariat distributed a World Bank circular announcing the CGIAR's receipt of the King Baudouin International Development Prize amounting to 1.3 million Belgian francs. …”
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Mitigating floods for managing droughts through aquifer storage: an examination of two complementary approaches by Pavelic, Paul

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Groundwater governance and adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps: experiences from the eastern Gangetic Plains by Bastakoti, Ram C., Raut, Manita, Thapa, Bhesh Raj

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Enhancing investment in soil health and carbon storage: Frontiers for linking finance and carbon accounting by Costa, Ciniro, Mealey, Tim, Bossio, Deborah A., Nieuwkoop, Martien van, Paustian, Keith, Jirka, Stefan, Harburg, Dan, Salas, William, Donnelly, Aldyen, Reed, Debbie, Henry, Beverley, Bachman, Pamela M, Vargas, Ronald, Luu, Paul

“…This event is co-organized by CCAFS, The Nature Conservancy, 4 per 1000 Executive Secretariat, World Bank and the Meridian Institute. Panelists included: -Ciniro Costa Jr., CCAFS -Tim Mealey, Meridian Institute -Deborah Bossio, The Nature Conservancy -Martien van Nieuwkoop, World Bank Group -Keith Paustian, Colorado State University -Stefan Jirka, Manager LandScale, Verra -Dan Harburg, Director, Indigo -William Salas, President of Dagan, Inc -Aldyen Donnelly, Director of Carbon Economics, Nori -Debbie Reed, Executive Director of Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC) -Beverley Henry, Institute for Future Environments-QUT -Pamela M. …”
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Emission Reductions Program for Addressing Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation: An Insight from the Terai Arc Landscape in Southern Nepal by Adhikari, S., Baral, H.

“…As part of the REDD+ program, for the past decade, Nepal has been working with the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility on its Emission Reductions Program (ER-Program). …”
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Nepal’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation by Xinshen Diao, Ellis, Mia, Fang, Peixun, Pauw, Karl, Pradesha, Angga, Thurlow, James

“…Nepal’s GDP growth is now projected to reach 5.1 percent in 2023 and 4.9 percent in 2024 (World Bank 2023a); this suggests that the economy is resuming its pre-pandemic growth trajectory. …”
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Estimating local agricultural gross domestic product (AgGDP) across the world by Ru, Yating, Blankespoor, Brian, Wood-Sichra, Ulrike, Thomas, Timothy S., You, Liangzhi, Kalvelagen, Erwin

“…The data are available on the World Bank Development Data Hub (DOI: http://doi.org/10.57966/0j71-8d56; IFPRI and World Bank, 2022).…”
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Labor and welfare impacts of a large-scale livelihoods program: Quasi-experimental evidence from India by Pandey, Vivek, Gupta, Abhishek, Gupta, Shivani

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Country profile – Ethiopia: Gender, climate change, and nutrition linkages by Bealem, Tigist Endashaw, Ferguson, Nathaniel, Thomas, Timothy S., Zerfu, Taddese Alemu, Bryan, Elizabeth

“…Women make up more than 40% of the agriculture labor force and head approximately 25% of all farming households in the country (World Bank, 2019).…”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, DC, October 27-31, 1997: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The CGIAR endorsed the broad directions of the System Review, and urged the panel to reach out, particularly to NGOs, women, and NARS.The funding plan for 1998, and the allocation of the World Bank contribution were endorsed. Countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus should be treated henceforth on the same basis as other developing countries. …”
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CGIAR International Centers Week, Washington, DC, October 28-November 1, 1991: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The Group approved the nomination by World Bank President Preston of Visvanathan Rajagopalan to succeed Mr. …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, New Delhi, May 23-27, 1994: Summary of Proceedings and Decisions by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Contributions from other donors for activities within the matrix would draw 15% matching funds from the World Bank.There were several decisions on genetic resources policy, and their management, based on a stripe review. …”
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Nature, distribution and evolution of poverty and inequality in Uganda 1992-2002 by Emwanu, T., Okwi, P.O., Hoogeveen, J.G., Kristjanson, Patricia M., Henninger, N.

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Tracking and reporting on climate change adaptation: opportunities for leveraging cross-scalar linkages by Njuguna, Lucy

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The CBE’s vision and strategy towards the agriculture sector. by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…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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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Welfare, Food Security, and Agriculture in Central Asia by Akramov, Kamiljon T.

“…Kamiljon Akramov and Katrina Kosec POLICY SEMINAR Virtual Event - Food Policy Research and Capacity Development in Eurasia Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), World Bank Group, and IFPRI DEC 2, 2020 - 07:30 AM TO 09:00 AM EST…”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trade and remittances in Eurasia by Romashkin, Roman

“…Roman Romashkin POLICY SEMINAR Virtual Event - Food Policy Research and Capacity Development in Eurasia Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), World Bank Group, and IFPRI DEC 2, 2020 - 07:30 AM TO 09:00 AM EST…”
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Role of Case Studies Method in Food Policy Capacity Building by Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Suresh Babu POLICY SEMINAR Virtual Event - Food Policy Research and Capacity Development in Eurasia Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), World Bank Group, and IFPRI DEC 2, 2020 - 07:30 AM TO 09:00 AM EST…”
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Preferential resource spending under an employment guarantee: The political economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh by Sheahan, Megan, Liu, Yanyan, Barrett, Christopher B., Narayanan, Sudha

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