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Bank lending for agriculture and rural development from the 1970s to the 1980s: will the decline continue? Anticipating the challenges of the 1990s. Regional variations.
Author : Michael Lipton
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 39,27 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896293151
Bank lending for agriculture and rural development from the 1970s to the 1980s: will the decline continue? Anticipating the challenges of the 1990s. Regional variations.
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Page : 73 pages
File Size : 12,14 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 31,26 MB
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821368095
The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. 'World Development Report 2008' seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the 'World Development Report'.
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 25,56 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821360439
This report was prepared by a team led by Roberto Zagha, under the general direction of Gobind Nankani.
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 10,89 MB
Release : 2005-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821383523
Investing to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction is a central pillar of the World Bank's current rural strategy, 'Reaching the Rural Poor' (2003). This 'Sourcebook' addresses how to implement the rural strategy, by sharing information on investment options and identifying innovative approaches that will aid the design of future lending programs for agriculture. It provides generic good practices and many examples that demonstrate investment in agriculture can provide rewarding and sustainable returns to development efforts. It is divided into eleven self-contained modules. Each module contains three different types of subunits that can also be stand-alone documents: I. Module Overview II. Agricultural Investment Notes III. Innovative Activity Profiles. The stand-alone nature of the subunits allows flexibility and adaptability of the material. Selected readings and web links are also provided for readers who seek more in-depth information. The 'Sourcebook' draws on a wide range of experiences from donor agencies, governments, institutions, and other groups active in agricultural development. It is an invaluable reference tool for policy makers, professionals, academics and students, and anyone with an interest in agricultural investments.
Author : Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 31,86 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821371282
The book highlights proceedings from the Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,33 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Michael Lipton
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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,88 MB
Release : 1999
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Author : John Nash
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Agriculture and state
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The legitimate roles of government in agriculture--especially investment and research--have often been subordinated to roles for which government has shown little competence, such as price setting and intervention in markets. These priorities must be reversed.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,11 MB
Release : 2015
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ISBN : 9789287042323
The Role of Trade in Ending Poverty looks at the complex relationships between economic growth, poverty reduction and trade, and examines the challenges that poor people face in benefiting from trade opportunities. Written jointly by the World Bank Group and the WTO, the publication examines how trade could make a greater contribution to ending poverty by increasing efforts to lower trade costs, improve the enabling environment, implement trade policy in conjunction with other areas of policy, better manage risks faced by the poor, and improve data used for policy-making.