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...
This report builds on the consensus developed at the August 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. It draws on the effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. And it...
This report covers the discussion on the forest policy in the World Bank forest investment forum. They analyzed about the future of forestry as a sustainable and environmentally sound area which is key...
This article outlines the role that the World Bank will play in supporting a modified rural development strategy for the Sub-Saharan Africa region: The Bank will be more selective in targeting countries...
This article outlines the role that the World Bank will play in supporting a modified rural development strategy for the Sub-Saharan Africa region: The Bank will be more selective in targeting countries...
In this book rural development means the improvement of the economic and social well-being of the rural population, and improving participation in political decisions. This study traces and evaluates the...
The Sub-Sahara Africa Transport Program (SSATP) was launched in 1987 as a joint initiative of the World Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to improve transport sector performance...
There is a strong relationship between agricultural stagnation and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Much, though not all, of the solution for poverty alleviation depends on stimulating agricultural growth...
This document is a companion piece to "Reversing the spiral: the population, agriculture, and environment nexus in sub-Saharan Africa". The supplement details the statistical analyses undertaken to test...
The paper provides a vision for African governments, donor agencies and others working on African agriculture. After twenty-five years of agricultural growth slower than population growth, and increasing...
The fundamental change in thinking over the past decade, which has brought the whole environmental aspect of development to the fore, has resulted from an increasing recognition of the interdependence...
The purposes of this paper are two. Firstly, a review is undertaken of the available literature on the impact of price and exchange rate policies on agriculture in sub - Saharan Africa. Secondly, an empirical...