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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    June, 2012
    Armenia, Europe, Central Asia

    This country note for Armenia is part of a series of country briefs that summarize information relevant to climate change and agriculture for three pilot countries in the Southern Caucasus Region, with a particular focus on climate and crop projections, adaptation options, policy development and institutional involvement. The note series has been developed to provide a baseline of knowledge on climate change and agriculture for the countries participating in the regional program on reducing vulnerability to climate change in Southern Caucasus Agricultural systems.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2011
    Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Europe

    The objective of this study is to evaluate the World Bank Group's (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development [IBRD], International Development Association [IDA], and International Finance Corporation [IFC]) effectiveness in promoting growth in agricultural productivity in Azerbaijan, and to derive lessons that may be relevant for the World Bank Group's future engagement in Azerbaijani agriculture.

  3. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Armenia

    The report updates the poverty situation
    in Armenia, largely based on the Integrated Living
    Conditions Survey conducted during 1998-99, and provides as
    well, the foundation for the preparation of the Poverty
    Reduction Strategy. The poverty profile identifies a
    widespread, and still deep poverty incidence, but while this
    poverty seems persistent, its depth and severity may be
    decreasing, and extreme poverty subsiding. Notwithstanding

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Azerbaijan

    Poverty remains a major challenge in
    Azerbaijan, where income poverty is spread throughout the
    country. This Poverty Assessment reviews available household
    data, which suggest particular demographic characteristics
    of the poor - no significant differences in the poverty rate
    by gender of the household head were recorded. However, the
    report conveys the internally displaced people, are a core
    group of particularly vulnerable people, heavily dependent

  5. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Armenia

    This report reviews poverty in Armenia
    in 2001, and examines the most recent trends covering the
    1998/99 to 2001 period. It looks at the determinants of
    poverty, and analyzes linkages between economic growth,
    sector policies and poverty. The findings are based on two
    rounds of the Armenia Integrated Living Conditions Survey
    (ILCS), one carried out in 1998/99, and the other in 2001.
    The report has contributed to the development of

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Georgia

    This povert y update finds the
    following: Between 1997 and 2000, poverty has increased
    unambiguously, for a full set of poverty lines and
    definitions of poverty measures. Poverty has increased
    because over the period, consumption fell and inequality
    rose. Living standards have not risen despite growth in
    Gross Domestic Product because growth was too weak, too
    concentrated in a narrow set of sectors, and there were no

  7. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Armenia

    This report reviews poverty in Armenia
    in 2001, and examines the most recent trends covering the
    1998/99 to 2001 period. It looks at the determinants of
    poverty, and analyzes linkages between economic growth,
    sector policies and poverty. The findings are based on two
    rounds of the Armenia Integrated Living Conditions Survey
    (ILCS), one carried out in 1998/99, and the other in 2001.
    The report has contributed to the development of

  8. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Georgia

    The report is structured as follows.
    Section one examines the contribution of the rural economy
    to the national economy, the structure of the farm and
    non-farm sectors and their relative importance. Section two
    describes policies and constraints affecting the wider rural
    economy including, reforms in macro-economic management,
    recent external influences and financial services before
    discussing those which relate specifically to agriculture

  9. Library Resource
    January, 2013
    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijan experienced a 'golden
    age' in the last decade, during which the average
    growth rate reached record high levels and poverty decreased
    significantly. On average, the economy grew by 15.3 percent
    per year in real terms during this period, mainly driven by
    the oil sector (21.5 percent growth per year), but with a
    significant contribution from the non-oil sector (11.1
    percent per year). As a result, poverty declined

  10. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Georgia

    This review analyzes the profile, trends
    and challenges of Georgia's changing urban landscape
    since independence in 1991 and provides policy suggestions
    to facilitate the economic transition of the country through
    its cities. In its analysis and subsequent recommendations
    on policy interventions, this report draws on a program of
    diagnostics called the 'Urbanization Review' (UR).
    The UR diagnostic is based on three main pillars of urban

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