Documents & Reports
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Reducing disease risk in aquaculture (English)
There are thousands of rickettsial, viral, bacterial, protozoan, and metazoan parasites that cause disease in farmed aquatic animals. While the basics of farm-level disease management are known, the interconnectedness...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 88257 Document Date: June 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Akazawa, Noriaki,Alvial, Adolfo,Baloi, Ana Paula,Blanc, Philip-Pierre,Brummett, Randall E.,Burgos, Jose M.,Chamberlain, George C.,Chamberlain, George W.,Forster, John,Hao, Nguyen Van,Ibarra, Rolando,Josue, Luc,Le,Khoa Van,Kibenge, Frederick,Lightner, Donald V.,Loc, Tran Huu,Nikuli, Hamisi L.,Omar, Isabel,Ralaimarindaza,Reantaso, Melba,St-Hilaire, Sophie,Towner, Richard,Tung, Hoang,Villarreal, Marcos,Wyk, Peter M. Van
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Investing in natural capital for eradicating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity : a biodiversity roadmap for the WBG (English)
The World Bank Group (WBG) has a long experience in engaging in biodiversity with world-class expertise in the field. It has been the single largest funder of biodiversity investments since the late 1980s...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 88753 Document Date: June 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Learning from World Bank history : agriculture and food-based approaches for addressing malnutrition (English)
The purpose of this paper is to provide forward-looking recommendations for linking agriculture and nutrition by looking back over the 40 years since both nutrition and rural development began at the Bank...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 88740 Document Date: June 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Herforth,Anna Whitson,Hoberg,Yurie Tanimichi
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Reducing climate-sensitive disease risks (English)
Disease risks to humans, animals, and plants are determined by interconnected environmental variables that affect incidence, transmission, and outbreak. Climate change affects many of the environmental...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 84956 Document Date: April 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bouley,Timothy,Gilbert, Marius,Whung,Pai-Yei,Le Gall,Francois G.,Plante,Caroline Aurelie
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The practice of responsible investment principles in larger-scale agricultural investments : implications for corporate performance and impact on local communities (English)
This report presents findings from a field-based survey on the conduct of agricultural operations at 39 large-scale, mature agribusiness investments in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The objective...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 86175 Document Date: April 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mirza, Hafiz,Speller, William,Dixie,Grahame,Goodman,Zoe
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Watershed development in India : an approach evolving through experience (English)
This report analyses the experiences and lessons from three World Bank-Supported watershed development projects in the Indian states of Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.5 The primary reason...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 88056 Document Date: March 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Symle, Jim,Lobo,Crispino,Milne,Grant,Williams,Melissa
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Environmental perspective of Russia's accession to the world trade organization (English)
Russia's exports, imports, and ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) continue to grow. In December 2011, after eighteen years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) invited Russia...
Report No.: 83505 Document Date: February 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bachurova,Ana Hristoslavova,Böhringer, Christoph,Damianova,Adriana Jordanova,Meisner,Craig M.,Nekrasov,Boris,Nemova,Vladislava I.,Rutherford,Thomas F.,Tarr,David,Tourdiyeva, Natalia,Turilova,Kristina
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Environmental perspective of Russia's accession to the world trade organization (Russian)
Russia's exports, imports, and ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) continue to grow. In December 2011, after eighteen years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) invited Russia...
Report No.: 83505 Document Date: February 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bachurova,Ana Hristoslavova,Böhringer, Christoph,Damianova,Adriana Jordanova,Meisner,Craig M.,Nekrasov,Boris,Nemova,Vladislava I.,Rutherford,Thomas F.,Tarr,David,Tourdiyeva, Natalia,Turilova,Kristina
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Enforcing environmental laws for strong economies and safe communities (English)
This roadmap for environmental and natural resources law enforcement (ENRLE) sets forth a course of action for the World Bank's ENRLE community of practice for FY2013-15. It outlines for senior management...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 84396 Document Date: February 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Fish to 2030 : prospects for fisheries and aquaculture (English)
This report analyzes global prospects for fisheries and aquaculture. The World Bank Group (WBG) Agriculture Action Plan 2013-15 summarizes critical challenges facing the global food and agriculture sector...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 83177 Document Date: December 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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What is the cost of a bowl of rice? : the impact of Sri Lanka's current trade and price policies on the incentive framework for agriculture (English)
Since 2004, Sri Lanka has pursued inward looking policies that have encouraged import substitution, especially with respect to agricultural commodities. This report provides empirical evidence to inform...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 72393 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Piccioni,Norman Bentley,Gautam,Madhur
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Investing in agribusiness : a retrospective view of a Development Bank's investments in agribusiness in Africa and Southeast Asia and the Pacific (English)
Recent increases in the prices of agricultural commodities have spurred a surge of private investment into farming and agribusiness. Given the right types of large-scale investment, this can have a transformative...
Report No.: 81083 Document Date: August 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dixie,Grahame,Tyler,Geoff