Resultados de búsqueda - "World Bank"

Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension (CRMAE) Curriculum: Training of Trainers for Senegal’s Agricultural Extension System por Grossi, Amanda, Braun, Melody, Hansen, James, Trzaska, Sylwia, List, Geneva, Worou, Nadine

“…The workshop, which was organized as part of the World Bank’s Accelerating the Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project, brought these EAS providers together to train them on a new co-produced and competency-based curriculum to build foundational knowledge and skills to manage climate risk in agriculture. …”
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Bangladesh’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia, Pauw, Karl, Pradesha, Angga, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James

“…However, the recovery was hampered by global commodity market disruptions related to the war in Ukraine beginning in 2022 and the global recession in 2023 (Arndt et al. 2023; Diao and Thurlow 2023). The World Bank (2023) projects growth of 5.2 percent for 2023 and 6.2 percent for 2024, which is slower than the country’s pre-pandemic growth rate. …”
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Burkina Faso’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation por Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia

“…Burkina Faso’s GDP growth is projected to reach 5.0 percent in 2023 and 5.3 percent in 2024 (World Bank 2023), suggesting the economy is unlikely to return to its pre-pandemic growth trajectory. …”
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Preliminary Insights into the Adoption of CGIAR-Related Agricultural Innovations in Vietnam por Kosmowski, Frederic, Bach, Thao, Nguyen, Oanh, Stevenson, James R., Visaria, Sujata

“…At the same time that the share of agriculture in GDP fell from 24.5 percent to 12.6 percent, agricultural value-added grew sixfold from USD 7.5 bn to USD 46 bn (World Bank, 2022). This suggests that Vietnam could provide contemporary insights into agricultural innovation coinciding with – and possibly contributing to – economic growth. …”
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Social protection amid a crisis: New evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant por Alloush, Mo, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Malacarne, J. G.

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High-level Dialogue Meeting on Gender and Climate change in South Asia por Kumar, Aruna T.

“…Like many other regions across the globe, South Asia is grappling with the challenges posed by climate change. World Bank estimates that 750 million people in South Asia have been affected by at least one climate-related disaster. …”
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Agricultural Research Information System (ARIS) - India por International Service for National Agricultural Research

“…Most funds are coming from the GOI itself and from the World Bank. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) have asked ISNAR1 to take the lead in formulating a strategy.…”
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Presentations for Introducing the new Women’s Empowerment Metric for National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) por Quisumbing, Agnes R., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Heckert, Jessica, Seymour, Greg

“…WEMNS was developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Emory University, Oxford University, and the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study Unit in collaboration with country partners and the 50x2030 Initiative, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development. …”
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Higher food prices can reduce poverty and stimulate growth in food production por Headey, Derek D., Hirvonen, Kalle

“…Here we analyse annual data on poverty rates, real food price changes and food production growth for 33 middle-income countries from 2000 to 2019 based on World Bank poverty measures. Panel regressions show that year-on-year increases in the real price of food predict reductions in the US$3.20-per-day poverty headcount, except in more urban or non-agrarian countries. …”
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School meals are evolving: Has the evidence kept up? por Alderman, Harold, Bundy, Donald, Gelli, Aulo

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Endogenous threshold effects and transmission channels of foreign aid on economic growth: Evidence from WAEMU zone countries por Bayale, Nimonka, Traoré, Fousseini, Diarra, Souleymane, Maniraguha, Faustin

“…This paper analyses threshold effects and transmission Channels of foreign aid on economic growth of WAEMU countries using the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the International Country Risk Guide databases to cover the period spanning from 1980 to 2018. …”
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How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures por Pant, Anjali, Scott, Samuel P., Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has affected 1.6 billion learners worldwide, and school closures could lead to a loss of 0.3–0.9 years of schooling, according to World Bank estimates; a global shutdown of five months could result in lost earnings of $10 trillion over students’ lifetimes. …”
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Gender, poverty and disability in the National Action Plan for Food and Nutrition 2017-2019 of Indonesia and ways forward por Ramani, Gayathri V., Go, Ara, Olney, Deanna K.

“…Social inclusion is defined by the World Bank Group as the process of improving the terms of individuals and groups to take part in society, and the process of improving the ability, opportunity, and dignity of those disadvantaged based on their identity to take part in society. …”
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Food transfers, cash transfers, behavior change communication and child nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh por Ahmed, Akhter, Hoddinott, John F., Roy, Shalini

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Ag-Incentives Consortium improves global data on agricultural policies por CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

“…Ag-Incentives brings together data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank. IFPRI leads the harmonization and sharing of these data.…”
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Land reform and child health in the Kyrgyz Republic por Kosec, Katrina, Shemyakina, Olga

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African agriculture and development por Brzeska, Joanna, Diao, Xinshen, Fan, Shenggen, Thurlow, James

“…In fact, not only did growth accelerate in Africa during the 2000s, but this was also the first decade since the 1970s when Africa was not the slowest growing developing region (World Bank 2010a).2 It therefore marks a historic break from decades of internal and external deficits, economic stagnation, and political turmoil. …”
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Weathering the Storm: The Impact of the East Asian Crisis on Farm Households in Indonesia and Thailand por Bresciani, Fabrizio, Feder, Gershon, Gilligan, Daniel O., Jacoby, Hanan, Onchan, Tongroj, Quizon, Jaime B.

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Demand-side constraints and structural adjustment in Sub-Saharan African countries por Koester, Ulrich, Schafer, Hartwig, Valdes, Alberto

“…Structural adjustment policies are recommended and financially supported by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund as part of an effort to solve the external account crisis prevailing in many developing countries, including some African countries. …”
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Linkages from agricultural growth in Kenya por Bigsten, Arne, Collier, Paul

“…The same was true of its manufacturing and services (see World Bank 1989, table 7.1). One possible explanation for this performance is that agricultural growth stimulated growth in the other sectors of the economy. …”
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