Using original research from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, this book reviews the recent restructuring of the global agri-food industry and the dramatic rise of global retail chains in developing and transition countries. It focuses on the private standards and requirements imposed by...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- The President's Statement -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 About ADB and the Sustainability Report -- Financing Development and Managing Risks -- Strategic Approach to Development -- Stakeholder...

Over the last decade Latin America and the Caribbean region has achieved important progress towards the World Bank Group's goals of eradicating extreme poverty and boosting income growth of the bottom 40 percent, propelled by remarkable economic growth and falling income inequality. Despite this...

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Poverty Reduction in Africa addresses the vital question of why the millions of dollars of governments' and international development interventions in the SMEs sector are yet to deliver significant and sustainable employment and poverty reduction in...

In his new book, Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global Poverty, renowned development economist Deepak Lal draws on 50 years of experience around the globe to describe developing-country realities and rectify misguided notions about economic progress. Unique among books that have...

Tanzania is a politically stable, much aided country that has consistently grown economically during the first decade of the millennium, while also improving its human development indicators. However, poverty has remained persistent, particularly within rural areas. This collaborative work...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Living Example of the Puzzle -- Part One. The Here and Now -- 1. The Man of the Humanitarian System -- 2. The Evolution of Humanitarian Action -- Part Two. The Realities of Humanitarian Action -- 3. Adaptability and the Planner's Problem -- 4....

Cover -- Cameroon: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report- Joint Staff Advisory Note -- I. OVERVIEW -- II. STRATEGIC PILLARS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION -- A. Promoting a Stable Macroeconomic Environment -- B. Growth and Economic Diversification -- C. Strengthening Human Resource Development...

This study examines, traces and maps the poverty reduction policies adopted by six countries in Eastern and Southern Africa since the mid-1990s with a view to highlighting differences and similarities.

The World Bank has recently defined two strategic goals: ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Shared prosperity is measured as income growth among the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution in the population. The two goals should be achieved in a way that is sustainable...