African Agricultural Reforms

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Developmen
• During the 1990s, SSA countries initiated agricultural policy reforms to increase producer incentives and increase growth. Yet, agricultural growth ra... Lees meer

Agriculture in Africa

Luc Christiaensen, World Bank, Lionel Demery

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Developmen
• Stylized facts set agendas and shape debates. In rapidly changing and data scarce environments, they also risk being ill-informed, outdated and mislea... Lees meer

Looking Beyond the Horizon

William R Sutton, Jitendra P Srivastava, James E Neumann

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Developmen
• Agriculture is one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In many countries, such as the four examined in Looking Beyond the Horizon, ... Lees meer

Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh

Madhur Gautam, Rashid Faruqee

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Developmen
• The rural economy in Bangladesh has powerfully advanced economic growth and substantially reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable t... Lees meer

Risk Modeling for Appraising Named Peril Index Insurance Products

Shadreck Mapfumo, Huybert Groenendaal, Chloe Dugger

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Developmen
• Named peril index insurance has great potential to address unmet risk management needs for agricultural insurance in developing economies, potentially... Lees meer

Building Resilience to Climate Change in South Caucasus Agriculture

World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Developmen
• This book illustrates the World Bank's commitment to assist countries to respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by climate change. Undertak... Lees meer

Seasonal Hunger and Public Policies

Shahidur R Khandker, Wahiduddin Mahmud

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Developmen
• Agricultural development through crop diversification, irrigation, high yielding crop varieties, and public investments in infrastructure has improved... Lees meer

Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Developmen
• Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Recent Reforms focuses on "how" to undertake land refo... Lees meer

Energizing Green Cities in Southeast Asia

Dejan R Ostojic, Ranjan K Bose, Holly Krambeck, Jeanette Lim, Yabei Zhang

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Agriculture and Rural Developmen
• This book presents a blueprint for transforming East Asian cities to global engines of green growth by choosing energy efficient solutions for their i... Lees meer