Search Results - Economic development projects

Application of energy optimization models to design sustainable energy system: A review by Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam, Mezher, Toufic

“…Socio economic development in a society depends on its energy consumption level. …”
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The water futures and solutions initiative of IIASA [International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis] by Burek, P., Langan, Simon J., Cosgrove, W., Fischer, Gundula, Kahil, T., Magnusziewski, P., Satoh, Y., Tramberend, S., Wada, Y., Wiberg, David A.

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Updated social accounting matrices for Kenya: An instrument for policy analysis and simulation by Breisinger, Clemens, Mbuthia, Juneweenex, Omune, Lensa, Laichena, Joshua, Omanyo, Daniel, Kiriga, Benson, Malot, Kenneth, Mwatu, Shadrack, Muchiri, Benjamin, Mbatia, Hiram, Abuga, James, Rutto, Justin

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Degradation of water resources in rural Burkina Faso: drivers, local perceptions and solutions. by Balana, Bedru, Debevec, Liza, Somda-Kabore , Letisia Rolande

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Transformation of Terraces with Irrigation Systems: Profitability and Water Savings in Potato Crop (Solanum tuberosum L.) by Poma Chamana, Russell, Flores Marquez, Ricardo, Cordova Tadeo, Joel, Quello Huamaní, Antony Arturo, Arapa Quispe, José, Solórzano Acosta, Richard Andi

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Household shocks and consumption smoothing: Evidence from Northern Bangladesh by Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab, Rabbani, Atonu

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Stability-and-peace accelerator: concept note by Dahl, Hauke, Jacobs-Mata, Inga, Hulbert, S., Shehata, J.

“…For over three decades, our research results have led to changes in water management that have contributed to social and economic development. IWMI’s vision is a water-secure world. …”
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2016 IFPRI annual report by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Growing international commitment to sustainable development goals and notable progress in addressing food security—reflected in historically low levels of poverty and hunger in many developing countries—marked 2016. …”
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Gender asymmetries: Impacts of an early-stage school intervention in the Philippines by Yamauchi, Futoshi, Liu, Yanyan

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Targeting agricultural research and extension for food security and poverty alleviation: a case study of fish farming in Central Cameroon by Brummett, R.E., Gockowski, J., Pouomogne, V., Muir, J.

“…Over 5 years of participatory on-farm research, market access, profitability, farming systems productivity and economic sustainability were compared on 100 small-scale farms in Central Cameroon. …”
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Gender and governance in rural services: Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia by Asante, Felix, Banful, Afua B., Birner, Regina, Cohen, Marc J., Gaff, Peter, Gayathridevi, K. G., Horowitz, Leah, Lemma, Mamusha, Mogues, Tewodaj, Palaniswamy, Nethra, Paulos, Zelekawork, Raabe, Katharina, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Sekher, Madhushree, Sun, Yan, Tadesse, Fanaye

“…Providing economic services, such as agricultural extension, is essential to using agriculture for development. …”
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Design for social innovation : a case study of Human Centered Design in Khayelitsha by Larsson, Amanda, Sunnefeldt Nyberg, Anna

“…This thesis aims to investigate how participatory practices can be implemented in planning and design to create opportunities for social development in an economically and socially marginalized community. …”

La gestión sustentable del territorio en escala microrregional. El caso de Villa Regina y la microrregión del Alto Valle Este by Maletti, Ernesto Juan

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Gender imbalances limit water and energy management in Uzbekistan by Alvi, Muzna, Sufian, Farha

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Effect of information about mandarin internal maturity on consumer hedonic and sensory expectations: a cross-cultural study in Spain and Mexico by Tarancón, Paula, Pintor-Jardines, Aurora, Escalona-Buendía, Héctor B., Besada, Cristina

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PIM findings on designing cash transfers to reduce intimate partner violence influence the design of World Bank social protection operations, including grants for a total of USD 16... by CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Maziwa Zaidi / More Milk in Tanzania (Phase 2) - Household (Rhomis) Baseline Survey by Omore, Amos, Rao, E.J.O, Omondi, Immaculate, Ojango, Julie, Mwendia, Solomon, Ngoteya, Godfrey, Jeremiah, Adolf, Urassa, Neema, Magesho, Walter, Gitau, Jennifer, Kariuki, Eunice, Teufel, Nils, Poole, Elizabeth

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Alternative seafood: Assessing food, nutrition and livelihood futures of plant-based and cell-based seafood by Marwaha, Nisha, Beveridge, Malcolm C. M., Phillips, Michael J., Komugisha, Basiita Rose, Boso, Delvene, Chan, Chin Yee, Kabir, Kazi Ahmed, Sulser, Timothy B., Wiebe, Keith D.

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Public private partnerships for irrigation: Expanding access or increasing inequality by Bernier, Quinn, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.

“…Public Private Partnerships for irrigation and otherdevelopment is becoming a widely accepted model forfinancing future agricultural and overall economic development and was part of the ‘toolkit’ of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development that took place in Addis Ababa in July 2015 to approve a framework for financially supporting the Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 Agenda. …”
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Income and price elasticities of food demand (E-FooD) dataset: Documentation of estimation methodology by Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R.

“…Third, elasticities of food demand can be directly used for simulations on, for example, the likely impacts of economic policies and shocks on consumer diets and food security, as well as projections of food consumption trends. …”
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