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October 20, 2008
OECD Policy Brief on Rising Agricultural Prices: Causes, Consequences and Responses-
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September 9, 2008
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Global Poverty Estimates: The developing world is poorer than we thought, but no less successfull in the fight against poverty, World Bank, 2008
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The paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank’s past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better data. Extreme poverty—as judged by what “poverty” means in the world’s poorest ountries—is found to be more pervasive than we t ...
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September 9, 2008
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The developing world is poorer than we thought, but no less successfull in the fight against poverty, Briefing note, World Bank, 2008
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This briefing summarizes the results of a paper by Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion, “The developing world is poorer than we thought, but no less successful in the fight against poverty,” Policy Research Working Paper, World Bank. http://econ.worldban ...
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September 2, 2008
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Establishing a facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries, Proposal, EC, June 2008
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The European Commission has adopted on 18 July 2008 a proposal to establish an European Food Facility with the following characteristics :
an ad-hoc instrument for short-term response to soaring food prices in developing countries established by ...
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August 21, 2008
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Forests Sourcebook – Practical Guidance for Sustaining Forests in Development Cooperation, World Bank 2008
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The Forests Sourcebook is divided into two parts. The first contains an introduction to the book plus seven chapters covering topics associated with enhancing the contribution of forests to poverty reduction, engaging the private sector, meeting the gr ...
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August 8, 2008
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Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Kenya Forests Act 2005, World Bank 2007
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In November of 2005 the Government of Kenya (GOK) ratified a new Forests Act. The Forests Act is an outcome of the Kenya Forest Master plan finalized in 1994. In the new Forests Act the government embraces the concept of participatory forest management ...
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August 8, 2008
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Livestock Externalities: Public Policy and Investment Needs, World Bank 2008
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Driven by population growth, urbanization, and income growth, the demand for animalsource food products is rising fast in the developing world. As a result, the livestock subsector, which already constitutes 30 percent of agricultural GDP in the develo ...
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August 8, 2008
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The Rural Investment Climate: Analysis and Findings, World Bank 2008
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This Economic and Sector Work report analyzes econometric data from Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. It (1) provides a broad and deep understanding of non-farm activity in rural areas, its constraints, and possible ways to mitigate those constraints ...
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July 22, 2008
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The Sunken Billions - The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform, World Bank, FAO 2008
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This report concludes that marine capture fisheries are an underperforming global asset. The study shows that the difference between the potential and actual net economic benefits from marine fisheries is in the order of $50 billion per year. The cumul ...
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July 4, 2008
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UK Treasury: Global commodities - long-term vision for stable, secure and sustainable global markets
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The UK's Treasury report: "Global commodities: long-term vision for stable, secure and sustainable global markets", dated June 2008, outlines Britain’s vision for the required international action to enable efficient and effective g ...
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