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agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries …, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world …'s poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to …
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agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries …, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world …'s poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. World Development Report 2008 seeks to …
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The approach taken in this report reflects the view of the collaborating international organizations that price volatility and its effects on food security is a complex issue with many dimensions, agricultural and non-agricultural, short and long-term, with highly differentiated impacts on...
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Although diet structure and activity throughout the developing world have shifted drastically over the past several decades, little is known about effective policies to influence the supply and demand for food to control the undesirable effects, such as obesity, heart disease and cancer, of...
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Central Asia has made much progress in public health and animal health in the last 20 years but was as unprepared as … security and achieving gains in development. The World Bank has been actively engaged in Central Asia for over two decades and … One Health program. The findings of this report will support the preparation of the Central Asia One Health Framework for …
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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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