Documents & Reports
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The Wye Group handbook : rural households' livelihood and well-bring - statistics on rural development and agriculture household income (English)
This handbook acknowledges the need for better data and indicators on the environment, rural economies and communities, and, very importantly, the farm household itself which in almost all countries is...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 71496 Document Date: January 1, 2007 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hill,Berkeley,Goll, Michael ,Karlsson, Jan ,Kingombe, Christian ,Keita, Naman ,Okidegbe,Nwanze,McGranahan, David ,Bollman, Ray ,Pfuderer, Simone ,Perali, Federico ,Johnson, Jim ,Morehart, Mitch ,Salvioni, Cristina
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Global issues for global citizens : an introduction to key development challenges (English)
This book grew out of the Global Issues seminars and is itself a testament to that two-way dialogue: the suggestion to compile the speakers' lecture notes into a book came from the students themselves...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 37452 Document Date: August 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bhargava,Vinay K.,Chuhan-Pole,Punam,Claessens, Stijin,Varma,Sona,Goldin,Ian A.,Anderson,Kym,Nash,John D.,Cleaver,Kevin M.,Okidegbe,Nwanze,De Nys,Erwin,Balachander,Jayshree,Kagia,Ruth,Shekar,Meera,Lee,Yi-Kyoung,Noble,Ian Roy,Watson,Robert T.,Saghir,Jamal,O'Sullivan,Kyran,Sadoff,Claudia Winkelman,Kemper,Karin Erika,Grey,David R. C.,Kelleher,Kieran,Weber,Michael Leo,Kuroda,Kazuhide,Avalle,Oscar,Curioni,Gaspard Henri Vincent,Gurkhan, Asli
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Rural poverty : trends and measurement (English)
This paper analyzes the trends and measurements related to key aspects of rural poverty, using 24 sample countries that represent various regions and levels of economic development. The paper also reviews...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 25039 Document Date: August 31, 2001 Author: Okidegbe,Nwanze
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Attacking rural poverty : strategy and public actions (English)
Poverty remains pervasive, and its incidence and intensity are usually higher in rural than in urban areas. The international community recognizes that reducing world poverty is one of the major development...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 21649 Document Date: December 31, 2000 Author: Okidegbe,Nwanze
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Rural Week 1999 : the political dimension of rural development (English)
Each year the Rural Development family of the World Bank holds a conference, now called Rural Week, where staff from headquarters and the field and a few invited guests assemble to discuss a range of issues...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 20875 Document Date: June 30, 1999 Author: Okidegbe,Nwanze,Williams,Melissa,Maguire,Charles John
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Agriculture sector programs : sourcebook : Programmes relatifs au secteur de l'agriculture (French)
Increasingly, countries are undertaking agriculture development programs that cover the entire sector or a subsector in order to improve the allocation of public resources and the effectiveness of their...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WTP418 Document Date: January 1, 1999 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Okidegbe,Nwanze
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Agriculture sector programs : sourcebook (English)
Increasingly, countries are undertaking agriculture development programs that cover the entire sector or a subsector in order to improve the allocation of public resources and the effectiveness of their...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WTP418 Document Date: September 30, 1998 Author: Okidegbe,Nwanze
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Fostering sustainable development : the sector investment program (English)
This paper aims to increase understanding of Sector Investor Programs (SIPs) as useful instruments for improving resource allocation and fostering sustainable development. It describes the rationale and...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WDP363 Document Date: May 31, 1997 Author: Okidegbe,Nwanze