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1. Library Resource

   

   Unfinished Business

   Mobilizing New Efforts to Achieve the 2015 Millenium Development Goals

   Reports & Research

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   September, 2010

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   Land & Food Security

   Urban Tenure

   capacity development

   climate change

   food security

   land tenure

   local communities

   natural disasters

   rural areas

   rural population

   sustainable development

   urban population

   urbanization

   waste (abuse)

   water management

   Backed by sound economic policies and until the global crisis, a buoyant global economy, many developing countries made significant movement toward achieving the 2015millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly those for poverty reduction, gender parity in education, and reliable access to safe water. But even before the global economic crisis, progress in achieving some MDGs, especially those on child and maternal mortality, primary school completion, hunger, and sanitation, was lagging. The global food, fuel and economic crises have set back progress to the MDGs.

2. Library Resource

   

   Bangladesh - population increase, food shortage

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   July, 2010

   Bangladesh

   Land & Food Security

   poverty

   food security

   agriculture

   land ownership

   rural population

   In Bangladesh, agriculture is the most significant source of economic growth, it plays a fundamental role in the fight against poverty. The earning potential of most people is limited by their lack of skills, assets, and access to credit. The only lasting way is to ensure sustainable economic growth by implementing policies to promote financial stability and the efficient use of resources.