Resultados de búsqueda - "World Bank"

Stuck in the middle? Structural change and productivity growth in Botswana por McCaig, Brian, McMillan, Margaret S., Verduzco-Gallo, Íñigo, Jefferis, Keith

“…But by 1986, Botswana had achieved middle-income status, and in 2005, the World Bank classified it as an upper-middle-income country. …”
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Disclosure of violence against women and girls in Senegal por Peterman, Amber, Dione, Malick, Le Port, Agnes, Briaux, Justine, Lamesse, Fatma, Hidrobo, Melissa

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Income diversification and the rural nonfarm economy por Paudel, Susan, Filipski, Mateusz J., Minten, Bart

“…This transformation has been described in this volume, as well as in Belton and Filipski (2019), Filipski et al. (2020), Boughton et al. (2018), and World Bank (2017). However, this period also witnessed a diversification of activities away from agriculture, with incomes shifting away from reliance on subsistence farming and agriculture in general. …”
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AgIncentives policy indicators to support scenario analysis for assessing better outcomes for poverty, food security and climate change mitigation: IPSR Innovation Profile por Vos, Rob, Martin, Will, Thurlow, James, Mamun, Abdullah, Cantillo, Marco V. Sánchez, Gautam, Madhur, Gruère, Guillaume P., De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

“…This set of policy indicators has been prepared in collaboration with the AgIncentives Consortium (FAO-IFPRI-IDB-OECD-World Bank). Together with the agrifood market database and the AMPAM modeling framework, the policy indicator dataset will be a critical ingredient for the scenario analysis the Initiative will undertake to support decision-makers in assessing the full potential, scalability, market opportunities, priorities for, and trade-offs associated with incentive schemes, and investments and innovations.…”
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Prospects for rice exports in Bangladesh por Goletti, Francesco, Jahangir, A. S. M., Zohir, Sajjad

“…Observers expressed optimism in the early 1990s, when rice surpluses were publicized (World Bank 1992). Trends in production and prices supported that attitude: even with excessive flooding in 1988, farmers were able to cope, and aggregate rice production did not decline as anticipated. …”
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Tobacco cultivation, food production, and nutrition among smallholders in Malawi por Peters, Pauline E., Herrera, M. Guillermo

“…Malawi is one of the poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a per capita income of about US$170 (World Bank 1990). Although Malawi has an enviable record in achieving national food self-sufficiency, it has achieved that at a very low level of the supply-demand balance; the aggregate picture masks widespread food insecurity at the household level. …”
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Report on Training of Enumerators on Baseline Household Survey of Mixed Farming Systems in Bangladesh por Haque, Abdul, Ahmed, Sharif, Bhandari, Humnath

“…The survey data will be collected through digital data collection software called Survey Solution (https://mysurvey.solutions/en/) designed by the World Bank. For conducting the HH survey IRRI has hired the AVA Department Society (AVADS) as the Service Provider (SP) to complete the whole HH survey at the preselected villages in Bangladesh. …”
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Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) for the Pilot of Climate-Smart Agricultural Innovations and Climate Information Services Technologies in Kenya por International Livestock Research Institute

“…The purpose of this ESMP is to consider and develop proper measures to decrease the possibility of environmental degradation during all phases of the project AF, and to provide clearly defined action plans and emergency response procedures to account for human and environmental health and safety in accordance with the requirements of kenyan laws and the objectives of the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) : ESS-1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts ESS-2: Labor and Working Conditions ESS-3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management ESS-4: Community Health and Safety ESS-6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources. …”
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Economic and social outcomes of investment on market and food systems in Tajikistan por Khakimov, Parviz, Aragie, Emerta A., Goibov, Manuchehr, Ashurov, Timur

“…Findings of World Bank study (WB, SRAS Project 2021) indicates that lack of sufficient quantity and quality of seeds, seedlings, and planting materials in domestic market is one of the critical issues affecting farmers income and food security. …”
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Technical Workshop on Gender and Disability-Responsive Disaster Risk Reduction for the IGAD Region por Ackley, Adair G, Shudipta, Aneeshaa C, Jelagat, Joyce

“…This workshop was co-funded by the CREWS Initiative East Africa project that is being implemented by World Meteorological Organization (WMO), World Bank, and UNDRR. One of the key goals of the project is: Improved integration of gender and vulnerable groups across early warning-early action value chain. …”
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Making the law of the jungle: the reform of forest legislation in Bolivia, Cameroon, and Indonesia por Silva, E., Kaimowitz, D., Bojanic, A., Ekoko, F., Manurung, T., Pavez, I.

“…Among the most significant findings are that the World Bank is not as influential in the end as is commonly perceived. …”
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The 2008–2009 timber sector crisis in Africa and some lessons for the forest taxation regime por Karsenty, A., Bayol, N., Cerutti, P.O., Ezzine-de-Blas, D., Forni, E.

“…The absence of organisations such as the World Bank in the dialogue between the governments and the private sector is striking, given their past involvement in the forests fiscal reforms in central Africa. …”
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Analysis of gender barriers in the design and implementation of climate change related policy for agriculture and food security in Burkina Faso por Laeticia, D.

“…In fact, women farmers are responsible for as much as 70% of the agricultural output that feeds African families (World Bank, 1989) and contribute approximately 46% of Africa’s farm labor. …”
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Genesis reversed: climate change impacts on agriculture and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems of East Africa por Thornton, Philip K., Rufino, Mariana C., Karanja, S., Jones, Peter G., Mutie, Ianetta, Herrero, Mario

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Water-smart agriculture in East Africa por Nicol, Alan, Langan, Simon J., Victor, Michael, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…After years of neglect, smallholder farmers—the lynchpin of rural production—are resuming their position as a major focus for development (World Bank, 2013). In part, this reflects a broad international consensus that land, soil, and water are part of an emerging 'critical nexus' of issues facing the world's population. …”
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Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate por Campbell, Lauren, Suhardiman, Diana, Giordano, Mark, McCornick, Peter G.

“…Lending institutions such as the World Bank have identified lack of implementation capacity as the biggest constraint to effective EIAs. …”
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Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the CGIAR Finance Committee por CGIAR Finance Committee, Petit, Michel

“…It decided on immediate action to help ICRISAT and ILRI, and requested full proposals from ICARDA and IIMI for TAC review. It allocated the World Bank contribution for the year, with $30 million of the $45 million total used to match grants from other donors.The Finance Committee and the Oversight Committee met jointly with the Chairman of the Third System Review. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Seventy-Eighth Meeting, 27-31 March 2000: Report of the Meeting por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…Report of TAC 78 held at the World Bank in Paris, March 27-31, 2000, Emil Javier presiding. …”
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Technical Advisory Committee Tenth Meeting, 22-26 July 1975: Draft Report por CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…On the recommendation of its Subcommittee on Plant Nutrition, TAC endorsed CGIAR support to IFDC with the qualifications that field testing of new products be carried out through existing centers in the developing world, and that research on marketing and distribution of fertilizers be planned in consultation with the FAO and World Bank. Biological nitrogen fixation was identified as an area in which the CGIAR should consider support for projects proposed by centers. …”
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Technological Innovation in Agriculture: The Political Economy of Its Rate and Bias por Janvry, Alain de, Dethier, Jean-Jacques

“…The first of the series CGIAR Study Papers, which together formed the CGIAR impact study of the 1980s. it was written by Alain de Janvry of the University of California at Berkeley, and Jean-Jacques Dethier of the World Bank.…”
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