Documentos e informes
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Agriculture in Africa : telling myths from facts (Inglés)
This report presents the insights obtained, organized around the confirmation (fact) or rebuttal (myth) of 16 frequently held perceptions. It is found that women do not contribute 60 to 80 percent of the...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 127073 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2018 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Christiaensen,Luc,Demery,Lionel,Dillon,Brian,Barrett,Christopher B.,Deininger,Klaus W.,Savastano,Sara,Xia,Fang,Adjognon,Guigonan Serge,Liverpool-Tasie,Lenis Saweda O.,Reardon,Thomas,Carletto,Calogero,Corral,Paul,Guelfi,Anita,McCullough,Ellen B.,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Kilic,Talip,Davis,Benjamin K.,Di Giuseppe,Stefania,Zezza,Alberto,Nagler,Paula,Naude,Wim,Sheahan,Megan Britney,Binswanger-Mkhize,Hans P,Omonona,Bolarin Titus,Sanou,Awa,Ogunleye,Wale Olatunji,Miller,Daniel Charles,Munoz Mora,Juan Carlos,Nikoloski,Zlatko Slobodan,Hill,Ruth,Ndiaye,Moctar,d’Hotel,Elodie Maitre,Cotty,Tristan Le,Kaminski,Jonathan
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Risk modeling for appraising named peril index insurance products : a guide for practitioners (Inglés)
Index insurance is commonly perceived to be complicated and difficult to evaluate. This is one reason index insurance products have not yet achieved high penetration in developing countries, despite their...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 114095 Fecha del documento: 6 de abril de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Mapfumo,Shadreck,Groenendaal,Huybert,Dugger,Chloe Djenne
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Strengthening agricultural extension and advisory systems : procedures for assessing, transforming, and evaluating extension systems (Árabe)
The purpose of this paper is to provide information on how to transform and strengthen pluralistic agricultural extension and advisory systems in moving toward the broader goal of increasing farm income...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 56587 Fecha del documento: 17 de abril de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Rajalahti,Riikka,Swanson,Burton E.
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Agricultural land redistribution and land administration in Sub-Saharan Africa : case studies of recent reforms (Inglés)
The six case studies in this book were prepared as background studies for a synthesis report on land administration and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Collectively they cover two main areas of land...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 87063 Fecha del documento: 14 de abril de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Checklist for integrating gender-related issues into agriculture water management (Inglés)
Agricultural water management (AWM) includes irrigation and drainage, water management in rain-fed agriculture, recycled water reuse, water and land conservation, and watershed management. AWM is essential...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 85981 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Building resilience to climate change in South Caucasus agriculture (Inglés)
This volume is a synthesis of a multicounty collaborative effort between the World Bank and the governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. This effort built on the success of a similar effort in...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 87601 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Ahouissoussi,Nicolas,Neumann, James E.,Srivastava,Jitendra P.
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Bioenergy development : issues and impacts for poverty and natural resource management (Farsi)
This study provides an overview of current and future bioenergy developments, describes the impacts related to poverty and the environment, assesses the opportunities and challenges, and outlines how future...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 52454 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Cushion,Elizabeth,Dieterle,Gerhard,Whiterman, Adrian
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Bioenergy development : issues and impacts for poverty and natural resource management : Desarrollo de la Bioenergia : Efectos e impactos sobre la pobreza y la gestión de los recursos naturales (Español)
This study provides an overview of current and future bioenergy developments, describes the impacts related to poverty and the environment, assesses the opportunities and challenges, and outlines how future...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 52454 Fecha del documento: 27 de agosto de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Cushion,Elizabeth,Dieterle,Gerhard,Whiterman, Adrian
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Looking beyond the horizon : how climate change impacts and adaptation responses will reshape agriculture in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Inglés)
This volume presents a synthesis of the multi-country collaborative program of analytical and advisory activities titled reducing vulnerability to climate change in European and Central Asian (ECA) agricultural...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 76184 Fecha del documento: 15 de marzo de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Neumann, James E.,Srivastava,Jitendra P.,Sutton,William R.
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Toolkit for integrating gender-related issues in land policy and administration projects (Inglés)
Women are often the primary users of land for residential and agricultural purposes, but are frequently denied primary and ownership rights to land and other natural resources because of cultural norms...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 81358 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Lastarria-Cornheil, Susana,Lamb, Tony,Ragasa,Catherine R.,Mackedon,John,Saxen,Anu
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Thinking systematically about scaling up : developing guidance for scaling up World Bank-supported agriculture and rural development operations (Inglés)
The objective of this report is to assess the usefulness of providing guidance for scaling up good practices in core ARD business lines, and to test the prospects for doing so. The output of the document...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 70609 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Cooke,Sanjiva,Jonasova,Marketa
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The status and impact of bio safety regulation in developing economies since ratification of the Cartagena protocol (Inglés)
The World development report 2010: development and climate change highlights the link between biotechnology, development, and environment. Aside from recognizing biotechnology's potential to improve crop...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 69830 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Foley,Mary-Ellen,Mclean,Morven,Pehu,Eija
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Evaluation of new Fishery Performance Indicators (FPIs) : a case study of the blue swimming crab fisheries in Indonesia and Philippines (Inglés)
To further develop and finalize the Fishery Performance Indicators (FPIs) for scaling up to the Bank's entire fisheries portfolio, a number of specific pilots and case studies have been conducted. This...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 68710 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Chu,Jingjie,Anderson,James L.,Anderson, Christopher M.
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Improving the rural investment climate for businesses : key to rural income generation (Inglés)
An appropriate rural investment climate (RIC) is essential for rural businesses to be successful and generate employment and income in their communities. Improving the investment climate could facilitate...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 67842 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Sawada,Naotaka
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Gender in agriculture sourcebook : Agricultura y desarrollo rural : manual sobre genero en agricultura (Español)
This sourcebook is a joint project of the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The purpose of the...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 46162 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Community-driven development (CDD) initiatives in mainstreaming gender in Northeast Brazil : an exploratory case study : CDD iniciativas para a integração das questões de gênero no Nordeste do Brasil : um estudo de caso exploratório (Portugués)
The present study focuses on gender while analyzing the effects of the Rural Poverty Reduction Project (RPRP) on the use of time and income generation as well as on cultural and social capital aspects...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 71854 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: De Sousa Amazonas,Maria De Fatima,Barbosa,Tulio,Costa,Alberto Coelho Gomes,Romano,Claudia B.
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Community-driven development (CDD) initiatives in mainstreaming gender in Northeast Brazil : an exploratory case study (Inglés)
The present study focuses on gender while analyzing the effects of the Rural Poverty Reduction Project (RPRP) on the use of time and income generation as well as on cultural and social capital aspects...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 71854 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: De Sousa Amazonas,Maria De Fatima,Barbosa,Tulio,Costa,Alberto Coelho Gomes,Romano,Claudia B.
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The land governance assessment framework : identifying and monitoring good practice in the land sector (Inglés)
Seventy-five percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most are involved in agriculture. In the 21st century, agriculture remains fundamental to economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental...
Tipo de documento: Examen institucional y de la gestión pública (IGR) Número del informe: 65743 Fecha del documento: 28 de noviembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Burns,Anthony Francis,Deininger,Klaus W.,Selod,Harris
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Weather index insurance for agriculture : guidance for development practitioners (Inglés)
This paper is a distillation of the findings of the work undertaken by the World Bank. It is deliberately not a collation of case studies, but rather a practical overview of the subject. The purpose of...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 66274 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Awakening Africa's sleeping giant : prospects for commercial agriculture in the Guinea Savannah zone and beyond : Le reveil du geant assoupi : perspectives de l'agriculture commerciale dans les savanes africaines (Francés)
This report summarizes the findings of the study on Competitive Commercial Agriculture for Africa (CCAA). The objective of the CCAA study was to explore the feasibility of restoring international competitiveness...
Tipo de documento: Otro estudios sobre agricultura Número del informe: 49046 Fecha del documento: 15 de junio de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Morris,Michael,Binswanger,Hans P.,Byerlee,Derek R.,Savanti,Maria Paula, Staatz, John