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Das Gupta, Monica - 2005

"Levels of child malnutrition in India fell only slowly during the 1990s, despite significant economic growth and large public spending on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, of which the major component is supplementary feeding for malnourished children. To unravel this...

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Is skill-biased technological change here yet? : evidence from Indian manufacturing in the 1990

Berman, Eli - 2005

"Most high and middle-income countries showed symptoms of skill-biased technological change in the 1980s. India-a low income country-did not, perhaps because India's traditionally controlled economy may have limited the transfer of technologies from abroad. However the economy underwent a sharp...

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Credit constraints as a barrier to technology adoption by the poor : lessons from South Indian small-scale fishery

Gine, Xavier - 2005

"It is generally recognized that the adoption of a new technology plays a fundamental role in the development process. However, the benefits from the introduction of the technology may be unevenly distributed among the population, especially if the markets do not function properly. While the...

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Attaining the Millennium Development Goals in India : How Likely and What Will It Take to Reduce Infant Mortality, Child Malnutrition, Gender Disparities and Hunger-Poverty and to...

World Bank - 2013

Since the launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the Millennium Summit in New York in September 2000, the MDGs have become the most widely-accepted yardstick of development efforts by governments, donors and NGOs. The MDGs are a set of numerical and time-bound targets related to...

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The World Bank Group and the global food crisis : an evaluation of the World Bank Group response

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Increased Productivity and Food Security, Enhanced Resilience and Reduced Carbon Emissions for Sustainable Development : Opportunities and Challenges for a Converging Agenda - Coun...

World Bank - 2011

countries are experiencing in moving towards 'climate-smart' agriculture while also meeting the food requirements of a growing … two additional papers produced for a meeting of African Ministers of Agriculture which took place in Johannesburg in …-smart agriculture' into broader development and growth programs. Several countries are supporting policy measures and programs to …

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India - Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security : Achievements and the Challenges Ahead, Volume 1. Main Report

World Bank - 2013

This report focuses on the performance of, and future challenges for, the Government of India's primary "direct food and nutrition safety nets" or food-based transfer programs designed to alleviate short-term food and nutrition insecurity and improve caring behavior within households. This study...

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India - Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security : Achievements and the Challenges Ahead, Volume 2. Annexes

World Bank - 2013

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World - Climate Services Operational Pathways : Pathways for Transforming Weather, Water, and Climate Services in Mozambique

World Bank - 2022

This study was commissioned by climate investment funds (CIF's) E and L initiative to distill lessons from CIF's pilot program on climate resilience (PPCR) support in identifying, designing, and implementing hydrometeorological and climate services investments. It seeks to generate learning and...

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The World Bank Group and the global food crisis : an evaluation of the World Bank Group response

World Bank - 2014 - Online-Ausg.

.25 a day, equivalent to 22.4 percent of the developing world population. In addition, the Food and Agriculture Organization … crisis. The Bank also scaled up lending for agriculture and social protection to support the building of medium … GFRP -- The GFRP Lending Portfolio -- Evaluation Findings -- Coordination -- 3. Bank Group Support for Agriculture to …

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