Author: Mohinder S. Mudahar
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: poverty, alleviation, growth, rural, republic, strategy, kyrgyz
Number of Pages: 154
Published: 1998-11
ISBN-10: 0821343262
ISBN-13: 9780821343265

Accelerating agricultural growth and alleviating rural poverty are clearly the main development challenges facing the policymakers in the Kyrgyz Republic. This report examines the current state of Kyrgyz agriculture and the status of agricultural policy reform program during its transition to a market economy. It outlines a rural development strategy that, if properly implemented, is designed to promote agricultural growth, alleviate rural poverty, and improve natural resource management. The strategy includes: deepening policy reforms; increasing public investment; promoting institutional dev

Author: Thomas Melito
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: food, further, improve, aid, control, quality, assistance, nutrition, international
Number of Pages: 74
Published: 2011-08
ISBN-10: 1437985882
ISBN-13: 9781437985887

For more than 50 years, the U.S. -- which accounts for half of global food aid supplies -- has played an important role in alleviating malnutrition and hunger, esp. during emergencies. In FY 2010, the U.S. spent $1.5 billion on emergency food aid that reached 46.5 million beneficiaries. To preserve the nutritional value of food aid, quality controls are in place throughout the supply chain. This report assessed U.S. efforts to: (1) meet the nutritional needs of intended recipients; and (2) maintain the quality of commodities throughout the food aid supply chain. The auditor interviewed agency

Author: D. G. R. Belshaw
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: churches, africa, bank, world, development, partnership, faith
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: 0821348485
ISBN-13: 9780821348482

This book is based on a conference held in Nairobi in March 2000, organised jointly by the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa and the World Bank to discusses the principles and practicalities of a partnership, covering a broad range of development topics. The conference grew out of a conversation held between the president of the World Bank and the Archbishop of Canterbury and is based on common concerns for alleviating poverty. As well as looking at the role of faith and the role of the World Bank, papers examine ways of reducing conflict and corruption, gender inequality and the AIDS pa

Author: Montague Yudelman
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Keywords: looking, future, production, food, management, pest
Number of Pages: 122
Published: 1998-09
ISBN-10: 0896296296
ISBN-13: 9780896296299

In their comprehensive paper, Montague Yudelman, Annu Ratta, and Davi Nygaard examine the key issues with regard to pest management and food production over the coming decades. They draw attention to the lack of adequate information on the magnitude and impact of pest losses; without such information, policymarkers are handicapped when devising strategies for meeting food needs. The authors address both chemical and nonchemical approaches to pest management, highlighting the importance of biotechnology. There is growing public sentiment against biotechnology but little appreciation as yet of i

Author: Lauren Blum
Publisher: IDRC
Keywords: guidelines, ethnographic, protocol, vitamin, sources, assessment, natural, food, community
Number of Pages: 147
Published: 1997
ISBN-10: 0963552295
ISBN-13: 9780963552297

"This manual presents a practical step-by-step guide for assessing various aspects of natural food sources of vitamin A within a community and is essential for any research program involved in alleviating vitamin A deficiency. Prepared in cooperation with the Committee on Nutrition and Anthropology of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences, the manual describes how to set up and manage the assessment process and how to gather the essential data. Techniques are designed to answer key research questions about the local food system, about the availability of foods rich in vitamin A and t

Author: Emmanuel Skoufias
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Keywords: households, mexico, rural, welfare, impacts, progresa
Number of Pages: 98
Published: 2005-06-30
ISBN-10: 0896291421
ISBN-13: 9780896291423

PROGRESA is one of the Mexican government's major programs aimed at developing the human capital of poor households. In early 1998, IFPRI was asked to assist Mexico's government to determine if PROGRESA was functioning as it was intended to. This research report synthesizes IFPRI's findings about PROGRESA's impact and operation. The majority of IFPRI's findings suggest that PROGRESA's combination of education, health, and nutrition interventions into one integrated package has had a significant positive impact on the welfare and human capital of poor rural families. The report will interest re

Author: Sean Randolph
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: risk, troubled, future, supply, shortfall, remains, sector, short, coming, electricity, state�s, power, california
Number of Pages: 245
Published: 2008-05
ISBN-10: 1428989161
ISBN-13: 9781428989160

Despite Californiażs aggressive response to the 2000-2001 energy crisis & the ongoing work of regulators to reach policy consensus, there is still a meaningful risk that future power supplies will come up short. One of the key drivers of this risk is a highly uncertain investment climate. In addition, the Stateżs power policy still has significant flaws that will challenge long-term reliability & will contribute to continued high retail electricity costs for consumers. This paper highlights the risks of a near- to medium-power-supply shortage & sets forth options policy makers have for allev