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  1. Library Resource
    National Policies
    January, 2017
    Ecuador

    El Plan Nacional de Desarrollo es un instrumento multi-sectorial de alcance nacional, relativo al período 2017-2021, que establece nueve objetivos estructurados en torno a tres Ejes principales, a saber: 1) Derechos para todos durante toda la vida; 2) Economía al servicio de la sociedad; 3) Más sociedad, mejor Estado.

  2. Library Resource
    National Policies
    October, 2013
    Chile

    Este Programa de Gobierno Michelle Bachelet 2014-2018, al abordar las desigualdades que hay en el país y al realizar una reforma estructural en la educación, busca también generar las condiciones para mantener el crecimiento económico. Este es el primer paso para asegurar una economía más competitiva, con una mayor productividad y más innovadora. La realidad chilena impone la necesidad de una Nueva Agenda de Género basada en los derechos, igualdad y autonomía de las mujeres, impulsada por una institucionalidad renovada y de mayor rango.

  3. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Southern Africa, Central Asia, South America, Africa, Asia, Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, South America, Africa, Asia

    In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

  4. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Dominican Republic

    This report discusses the affects of
    rapid economic growth and increased urbanization on the
    environmental quality of the Dominican Republic's
    natural resource base (e.g., water resources
    management--water quality, quantity and watershed management
    and solid waste collection and disposal have become major
    environmental concerns). It notes that the lack of
    systematic data limits an accurate and detailed assessment

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Jamaica

    This Public Expenditure Review (PER) builds on the commitments of the 2003 Country Economic Memorandum (CEM), and 2002 Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) Progress Report, being its primary objective to assess strengths and weaknesses in key areas of public expenditure, and identify policy options for fiscal sustainability. Jamaica's high debt aggravates debt sustainability and efforts to improve growth.

  6. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    This report, Building Response
    Strategies to Climate Change in Agricultural Systems in
    Latin America, reports the results of action research to
    identify and prioritize stakeholder driven, locally relevant
    response options to climate change in Latin American
    agriculture. The study has three primary objectives. The
    first is to develop and apply a pilot methodology for
    assessing agricultural vulnerability to climate change and

  7. Library Resource
    May, 2014
    Peru

    The livelihoods of communities in rural
    areas of Peru are predominantly dependent on
    climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture. Given their
    close connection with the environment, the understanding of
    how these communities perceive risks and how they adapt to
    and cope with climate hazards is important for identifying
    entry points for efforts aimed at building resilience. In
    this context, it is assumed that the successful use of

  8. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    Uruguay

    The bank has a long relationship with
    Uruguay's agricultural sector, expanding over a period
    of more than 60 years in which several projects and various
    analytical and advisory assistance initiatives have been
    implemented. The main purposes of the present report are: a)
    to analyze the main characteristics of family agriculture as
    well as its development potential and constraints; b) to
    examine Uruguay's current agricultural policy and

  9. Library Resource
    April, 2013
    Guyana

    The objective of the Agricultural
    Insurance pre-feasibility study is to identify the
    institutional, operational, technical and financial
    challenges for the development of agricultural risk transfer
    solutions and insurance for rice, fruit and vegetables,
    livestock, and the aquaculture sector in Guyana. The
    specific objectives of the study include: (i) to identify
    the production systems, constraints and risks faced by

  10. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Chile

    This paper aims to develop a vision
    statement for the agricultural sector that may then guide
    the future investments in Chile's agricultural
    innovation system, A joint and shared perspective on how the
    sector might look and what role agricultural innovation
    should play in getting there is a prerequisite for any
    effective strategy. But developing such a vision is not only
    a function of what the country wants: it also depends on the

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