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Third Ghana Economic Update : Agriculture as an Engine of Growth and Jobs Creation
World Bank Group - 2018
In September 2017, Ghana's economy expanded for the fifth successive quarter by 9.3 percent compared to just 4.3 percent in September 2016. This reflects continued high levels of growth in the industry sector, driven by mining and petroleum. Oil production rose by 16.6 percent compared with a...
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Structural Transformation of Small Farms in Moldova : Implications for Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2016
The agricultural and food production sector plays a key role in fighting poverty and food insecurity in Moldova, but is facing critical challenges to modernize and integrate into the international market. This paper focuses on smallholder farms, which make up 95 percent of all farms, and...
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Aluminium production and use in Developing Countries with special emphasis on the manufacture of aluminium semis and finished products
Varga, Istvan (contributor) - 1984
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Gaining Momentum in Peruvian Agriculture : Opportunities to Increase Productivity and Enhance Competitiveness
World Bank Group - 2017
performance of the agriculture sector with an emphasis on productivity and competitiveness, and highlights opportunities for …
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Kenya Economic Update, April 2019, No. 19 : Unbundling the Slack in Private Sector Investment - Transforming Agriculture Sector Productivity and Linkages to Poverty Reduction
World Bank Group - 2019
The Kenyan economy rebounded in 2018 and economic activity in the first quarter of 2019 was healthy, although emerging drought conditions could curtail GDP growth for the remainder of the year. The economy expanded by 6.0 percent in the first three quarters of 2018 compared to 4.7 percent during...
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Lesotho Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan : Opportunities for Transitioning to More Productive, Climate-Resilient, and Low Carbon Agriculture
World Bank Group - 2019
Lesotho's agricultural system faces a growing number of climate-related vulnerabilities with droughts, floods, pests, and extreme temperatures occurring more frequently. In response, the Government of Lesotho is collaborating with the World Bank to integrate climate change into the country's...
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Overhauling Management of Agriculture to Improve Sector Performance : Synthesis Report
World Bank Group - 2020
The essence of good government is doing the right things, in the right way, in the right place. This functional review focuses on those three issues, first asking whether there are tasks that do not need to be done at all, or at least not by a government ministry, then asking whether necessary...
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Climate Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs : Water Production and Treatment Sector
World Bank Group - 2023
This toolkit contains a set of tools covering the major climate entry points (identification of risks, incorporation of climate considerations in the project selection, and appraisal of climate effects in the project's economics). Its inputs are preliminary project data as well as readily...
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Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity
World Bank Group - 2021
Igniting farm productivity can support growth and job creation in Kosovo. Agricultural production, in real terms, has … productivity and its growth in Kosovo, and implied constraints on growth of agriculture, using farm-level data. The results of the … productivity analysis suggest that in Kosovo there is a considerable misallocation of resources that if remedied can boost growth …
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