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Moving Out of Poverty : Volume 4. Rising from the Ashes of Conflict

Narayan, Deepa; Petesch, Patti - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Lifting people out of poverty is one of the great challenges facing the international community today. It has become … the world. Almost 1.4 billion people in developing countries live in poverty, according to recent estimates by the World … Bank, and a significant part of this population lives in chronic poverty. This is the fourth in a series of volumes …

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Forestry in the Middle East and North Africa : An Implementation Review

Pswarayi-Riddihough, Idah - Economics Research, World Bank Group

In the Middle East and North Africa Region, forest resources are generally limited, as is their contribution to GDP, and it is for this reason their importance is often overlooked. However, forestry's contribution to natural resource and environmental management, is significant, which should not...

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The Challenge of Rural Developments in the EU Accession Countries : Third World Bank/FAO EU Accession Workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 17-20, 2000

Csaki, Csaba; Lerman, Zvi - Economics Research, World Bank Group

This report examines the reforms and policy changes necessary in the rural section of the ten countries that have started the accession process for eventual membership in the European Union (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia)....

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Sustainable Amazon : Limitations and Opportunities for Rural Development

Schneider, Robert R.; Arima, Eugenio; Verissimo, Adalberto - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The report contributes to the debate surrounding land use in the Brazilian Amazon. It sets the context by reviewing the evidence concerning the deleterious effect of increasing levels of rainfall on agricultural settlement, and productivity. Next, it compares the economic future of an Amazonian...

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