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Food Security and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and Policy Issues
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
volatile food prices, increasingly scarce resources, and changing environment. This paper discusses the drivers behind food …. Because of these pressures, food prices have been rising since the 2000s. High and volatile food prices are eroding the … recent gains in poverty reduction. The impact of higher food prices is severe—an additional 112 million people could have …
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Agriculture, food security, and rural development
2010 - 1. publ.
Contributed articles presented at the inception meeting of Economic Division in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance in collaboration with Asian Development Bank in New Delhi on 2-3 September 2003 on agricultural policy programmes in India supported by ADB furthered through...
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Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
This synthesis report is the result of close, collaborative research initiated by the Asian Development Bank in partnership with Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; and the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia....
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Gender Equality and Food Security—Women's Empowerment as a Tool against Hunger
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
There is a strong relationship between gender-based discrimination and the different channels through which households and individuals access food—through own-production, access to waged employment, or social protection. The report shows that while equality of treatment between women and men...
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Rural development for Cambodia : key issues and constraints
2012
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Improving Agricultural Productivity and Rural Livelihoods: A Knowledge-Sharing Experience: Summary of the Proceedings of the 2011 People’s Republic of China–Asian Development Bank...
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
partnerships to expand mutual learning with other developing member countries (DMCs) in key sectors such as agriculture, natural … to promote modern agriculture, agricultural value chain and logistics system development, bridging of agricultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010812223
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Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures: A Summary Report
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
This report presents the summary results of purchasing power parities (PPP) in the 2011 International Comparison Program in Asia and the Pacific and background information on the concepts that underpin the results. The PPPs are disaggregated by major economic aggregates which enable robust...
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2009 Purchasing Power Parity Update Selected Economies in Asia and the Pacific, A Research Study
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
This report presents the research initiative to explore an alternative methodology for extrapolating purchasing power parities (PPPs) for 21 participating economies in the Asia and Pacific region. The 2009 PPP Update provides an intermediate benchmark and more firmly based real expenditures and...
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Beyond microfinance : building inclusive rural financial markets in Central Asia
Lamberte, Mario B. (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003473163