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Gender Equity in Land and Forest Tenure in REDD+ Programming

World Bank Group - 2022

The purpose of this study is to understand the legal and policy constraints and opportunities in each of the 17-carbon fund (CF) countries affecting women's land and forest tenure. The study also explores women's ability to exercise land and forest rights in statutory and customary systems; how...

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Agricultural Productivity, Diversification and Gender : Background Report to Sri Lanka Poverty Assessment

World Bank Group - 2021

Identifying opportunities to increase agricultural productivity and incomes is an important priority for rural development. Progress toward poverty reduction continued in recent years, but the contribution of the agriculture sector was weak, mainly because productivity improvements were...

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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 been decreasing in Kosovo since 2009 but employment has not changed much. This note examines drivers of agricultural productivity and its growth in Kosovo, and implied...

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Myanmar : Analysis of Farm Production Economics

World Bank Group - 2016

This report was prepared by the World Bank in partnership with the Livelihoods and Food Security Multi-Donor Trust Fund (LIFT). Both the World Bank and the LIFT are actively involved in supporting Myanmar's agriculture sector given its significance in poverty reduction and food security, and...

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Gaining Momentum in Peruvian Agriculture : Opportunities to Increase Productivity and Enhance Competitiveness

World Bank Group - 2017

What is the future for agriculture in Peru? Once the principal source of employment and income for much of the population, Peru's agricultural sector has declined in importance as the national economy has grown and urbanized. Economic activity in the sector has continued to grow, but economic...

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Productive Diversification of African Agriculture and Its Effects on Resilience and Nutrition

World Bank Group - 2018

The agriculture sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains the backbone of national economies, sustaining rural and urban livelihoods alike, and providing food and income for the majority of households. Recent agriculture growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been solid and has supported improvements...

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Myanmar Rice and Pulses : Farm Production Economics and Value Chain Dynamics

World Bank Group - 2019

Agriculture continues to play a very important role in Myanmar's economy. For many years, understanding the dynamics and performance of Myanmar's agriculture has been difficult due to the absence of reliable, up-to-date data, at sectoral, sub-sectoral, or microeconomic level. During the past...

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Rising through Cities in Ghana

World Bank Group - 2015

Rapid urbanization in Ghana over the past three decades has coincided with rapid GDP growth. This has helped to create … Ghanaians. Ghana’s urban transformation has been momentous, but it is not unique: a similar process has characterized other … countries at similar levels of development. Ghana’s key challenge now is to ensure that urbanization continues to complement …

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Toward More Accountable PPPs : A Review of the Development, Implementation, and Post-Implementation Experience of Improved Disclosure Practices in PPPs in Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, a...

World Bank Group - 2021

-country pilot carried out in Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, and Nigeria. Section 1 of the paper provides the general background within …

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Improving Transparency and Accountability in Public-Private Partnerships : Disclosure Diagnostic Report - Ghana

World Bank Group - 2017

A World Bank Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) team conducted a study in Ghana between September 2016 and March 2017 …. This study has been consolidated in the form of a PPP Disclosure Diagnostic Report for Ghana. The Diagnostic Report … in Ghana. This Diagnostic Report recommends a systematic structure for proactively disclosing information through a …

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