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Tapping the Potential of Bolivia's Agriculture and Food Systems to Support Inclusive and Sustainable Growth
World Bank Group - 2019
Agriculture and the rural space will continue to demand the attention of policy makers in Bolivia for several reasons, even as urbanization gains momentum. First, agriculture is a proven engine of economic growth. Aside from showing its strength in decades past, in recent years agriculture...
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Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019
World Bank Group - 2019
Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations and bureaucratic processes that affect farmers in 101 countries. The study covers eight thematic areas: supplying seed, registering fertilizer, securing water, registering machinery, sustaining...
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Future of Food : Harnessing Digital Technologies to Improve Food System Outcomes
World Bank Group - 2019
Digital technologies have significant potential to improve efficiency, equity, and environmental sustainability in the food system. A range of digital technologies are already leading to: better informed and engaged consumers and producers, smarter farms, and improved public services. Adoption...
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The Global Acquabusiness Investment Guide : A Living Framework to Guide Sustainable Development in the World's Fastest Growing Food Sector Summer 2024
World Bank Group - 2024
sector and governmental bodies. Presently, aquaculture is the world's fastest growing food sector and is anticipated to … outgrow capture fisheries by 2027. Sustaining this growth will require continued industry support. Recognising this, the World …
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Poverty and Food Security in Brazil during the Pandemic
World Bank Group - 2022
In contrast with the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean, Brazil's poverty rate is estimated to have decreased between 2019 and 2020 to 13.1 percent. Auxilio Emergencial (AE), a large emergency cash transfer program launched in April 2020, is believed to be the main driver of that decrease,...
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and African Aviation : Policy Note
World Bank Group - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing an existential threat to the air transport sector globally, including in Africa. Due to … another airline fills the void left by a defunct airline in Africa. This challenge is further compounded by the difficulty of … competitive air transport sector in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis in Africa. It focuses on four broad areas: it provides a …
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Kyrgyz Republic : Developing Agri-Food Value Chains
World Bank Group - 2018
The prevalence of small farmers and small-scale agri-food processors creates unique challenges for agri-food value-chain development in Kyrgyzstan. That is, the Kyrgyz farm structure itself, with its dominance of small farmers, is one of the main constraints for the effective functioning of...
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Uganda Economic Update, 12th Edition, November 2018 : Developing the Agri-Food System for Inclusive Economic Growth
World Bank Group - 2018
Real GDP growth rebounded strongly to 6.1 percent in FY17/18, from 3.9 percent the previous year. The rebound was largely driven by a pick-up in investments and exports, and on the back of strengthened credit to the private sector and good weather. Consequently, services, particularly...
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The COVID-19 Pandemic : Shocks to Education and Policy Responses
World Bank Group - 2020
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … learning deficits. All this means that the world was already far off track for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4, which …
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Tunisia Economic Monitor, Summer 2020 : The COVID-19 Global Pandemic Shock
World Bank Group - 2020
impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic on the Tunisian economy and the second presents findings from a diagnostic of …) carried out by the World Bank in collaboration with the Government of Tunisia …
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