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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
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the challenges and the practical successes that a selected number of countries are experiencing in moving towards 'climate-smart' agriculture while also meeting the food requirements of a growing population, broader economic development and green growth...
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Building Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Systems in Africa
World Bank - 2023
This note summarizes lessons and practices deployed in embedding climate resilience into the design of projects that received catalytic funds from The Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES). It draws from application of the Resilience Booster Tool to specific projects, as...
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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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Food in the 21st century : from science to sustainable agriculture
Shah, Mahendra M. - 2000
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Nigeria : Health, Nutrition, and Population, Country Status Report, Volume 1, Executive Summary
World Bank - 2012
Nigeria's sheer size and complexity present large challenges to health policymakers. Not only is the population large … services. Nigeria's federal system assigns different health system responsibilities to the three levels of government, each of … this report analyzes the health situation of the poor in Nigeria and the performance of the health system in meeting the …
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Low carbon development opportunities for Nigeria : sectoral analyses
Cervigni, Raffaello (contributor) - 2013
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Climate change and the World Bank Group : phase II, the challenge of low-carbon development
Chomitz, Kenneth M. - 2011
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Cambodia - A Better Investment Climate to Sustain Growth : Second Investment Climate Assessment
World Bank - 2012
The objectives of this Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) are to: (i) provide an up-to-date, fact-based analysis of the business environment for policy-makers in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), the private sector, civil society, and development partners; and (ii) outline priorities for...
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World development report 2010 : development and climate change
2009
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Sustainable Land Management for Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change
World Bank - 2010
The climate change (CC) caused by increase in atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), can be addressed through adaptation and mitigation strategies. Adaptation consists of strategies which minimize vulnerability to CC. The objective is to increase resilience of the...
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