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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 still more daunting in the context of the global financial crisis, which has severe implications for the poorest people in the world. Almost 1.4 billion people in developing...

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

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

over the last ten years, defines the regional forests, and describes its current status, and related policy and economic … overall regional aspects, proposing Economic and Sector Work for the future. The report outlines appropriate policy …

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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 … topics: 1) Defining the concepts of rural development-options for EU accession candidate countries; 2) Rural development in … the European Union; 3) Rural development in Central and Eastern Europe; and 4) International experiences and the role of …

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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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Design and Appraisal of Rural Transport Infrastructure : Ensuring Basic Access for Rural Communities

Lebo, Jerry; Schelling, Dieter - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Isolation contributes to rural poverty. Without a minimum of reliable and efficient access to locations of basic social … and economic activities, rural life stagnates and local development prospects remain limited. Providing and maintaining a … minimum level of access, referred to in this paper as basic access, is therefore a necessary element of any rural development …

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