greatest losses coming from North America and Mexico, followed by Africa, Russia and some Asiatic countries. Most of this loss …

was largely abandoned by the IFIs and privatization and private participation in infrastructure, or PPI became the order … public. The findings of recent studies in Africa suggest that PPI should not be jettisoned, and that the more productive path …

increases biodiversity, the prevention of land degradation and food security through the increases in crop yields. The framework … indirectly the cross-cutting ecological concerns foci of major global conventions: climate change, biodiversity, the combat of … result in increased crop yields and food security for an average family size in the area, while enhancing biodiversity and …