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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    March, 2010
    Haiti, Latin America and the Caribbean

    Coffee is an ecologically and economically significant crop for Haiti. It is not only the main source of income for more than 100,000 farmers, but the coffee ecosystem also sustains a large part of the remaining tree cover (currently at less than 1.5 percent of land) of the country. This report does not aim to detail the structural constraints impacting upon the Haitian coffee sub-sector.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2011

    Agricultural investments made by developing countries and multilateral development banks (MDBs) have declined in recent decades. This decline is associated with a slowdown in the growth of agriculture productivity. Most development institutions have recognized the damage caused by this past neglect, in part evident in rising food prices, and renewed attention to agriculture and agribusiness is emerging. But this renewed interest will need to deliver results, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the MDBs have had the least success but where the needs and opportunities are enormous.

  3. Library Resource

    A Critical Review

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2012
    South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa

    This paper provides an overview of land reform in South Africa from 1994 to 2011, with the focus on the land redistribution. The government policies and associated implementation since 1994 have not generated expected social and economic results for a number of reasons. Even where land has been transferred, it appears to have had minimal impact on the livelihoods of beneficiaries, largely because of inappropriate project design, a lack of necessary support services and shortages of working capital, leading to widespread underutilization of land.

  4. Library Resource

    Interagency Report to the Mexican G20 Presidency

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2012

    Global agriculture will face multiple challenges over the coming decades. It must produce more food to feed an increasingly affluent and growing world population that will demand a more diverse diet, contribute to overall development and poverty alleviation in many developing countries, confront increased competition for alternative uses of finite land and water resources, adapt to climate change, and contribute to preserving biodiversity and restoring fragile ecosystems.

  5. Library Resource

    Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    March, 2013
    Kenya, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Ghana, Senegal, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa

    This report highlights the great potential of the agribusiness sector in Africa by drawing on experience in Africa as well as other regions. The evidence demonstrates that good policies, a conducive business environment, and strategic support from governments can help agribusiness reach its potential. Africa is now at a crossroads, from which it can take concrete steps to realize its potential or continue to lose competitiveness, missing a major opportunity for increased growth, employment, and food security. The report pursues several lines of analysis.

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Nicaragua

    The report reviews basic growth, as
    being one of four pillars for Nicaragua's poverty
    reduction strategy. The well-being of the rural poor will
    continue its dependence on - to a great extent -
    agriculture. The study analyzes main agricultural
    development aspects, and stipulates the broad basic growth
    may be enhanced by strengthening agricultural
    competitiveness. Yet, export growth is key to economic

  7. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Senegal

    The main objective of the study is to
    provide the Government of Senegal the analyses and
    information to implement policies towards reducing the rural
    poor's vulnerability. While during the latest years,
    economic growth reduced poverty in the country, this has
    been less noticeable among the rural population, who
    actually account for 6 million people over a total
    population of 10 million. The rural economy remains

  8. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Nicaragua

    The report argues that Nicaragua's
    best hope for sustained growth, and poverty reduction,
    probably lies with agricultural exports, which have the
    potential to gain from opportunities in world markets.
    Despite the small share of farmland devoted to the
    production of exports (25 percent of harvested area), the
    total trade of agricultural goods (including the value of
    both imports, and exports) accounted for almost eighty five

  9. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Iran

    This report addresses key structural,
    institutional, and sectoral policy impediments to achieving
    a higher, and sustained economic growth in the sector, and
    poverty reduction in rural areas of Iran. It focuses mainly
    on an assessment of agricultural development outcomes, a
    discussion of the agricultural policy agenda, and provides
    recommendations for future policy dialogue between the Bank,
    and the Government of Iran. On examining development

  10. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Global

    This study assesses the development
    effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing
    constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the
    period of fiscal years 1991-2006. This Independent
    Evaluation Group (IEG) review of World Bank assistance to
    agriculture in Africa has a twofold purpose. First, it is a
    pilot for the proposed IEG study on Bank-wide assistance in
    agriculture scheduled for fiscal year 2009. Second, the

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