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  1. Library Resource

    Volume 10 Issue 2

    Peer-reviewed publication
    February, 2021
    Pakistan

    The growth of Pakistan’s agriculture-based economy depends on elevating agriculture production and raising the per-capita income of rural communities. This paper evaluates the value of two simultaneous initiatives for the economic development of Pakistan, i.e., (i) reforming and modernization of the cadastre system, and (ii) the implementation of national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI). Both can provide crucial frameworks to assemble geographic information necessary for effective agriculture policies in the country.

  2. Library Resource

    A guide for municipal practitioners

    Conference Papers & Reports
    January, 2012
    South Africa

    Urban land markets have a profound effect on how well poor households are able to access the jobs, amenities and services offered in the city. But often the way in which this market works frustrates attempts to open up better located living and business opportunities for poorer urban households and communities, despite government policies and programmes intended to address these challenges. The challenge in South Africa is even larger because of worsening poverty and inequality, and the continuing growth of cities through urbanisation.

  3. Library Resource

    Engines of Growth and Prosperity for Developing Countries?

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2008

    This paper reviews the evidence about the effects of urbanization and cities on productivity and economic growth in developing countries using a consistent theoretical framework. Just like in developed economies, there is strong evidence that cities in developing countries bolster productive efficiency. Regarding whether cities promote self-sustained growth, the evidence is suggestive but ultimately inconclusive. These findings imply that the traditional agenda of aiming to raise within-city efficiency should be continued.

  4. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Senegal

    The main objective of the Senegal
    Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) is to reinforce the
    ongoing dialogue on environmental issues between the World
    Bank and the Government of Senegal. The CEA also aims to
    support the ongoing Government implementation of a strategic
    results-based planning process at the Environment Ministry
    (MEPNBRLA). The main goal is to enable Senegal to have the
    necessary tools to attain the Millennium Development Goals

  5. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    This book suggests how that exploration
    should be undertaken, and how a monitoring system that has a
    solid conceptual basis and is both easy to operate and
    reasonable in cost can then be put into practice. Long the
    ideal of many scholars and observers of urban problems, such
    a system may now be close to realization. In this book,
    examples of Latin American cities are used as case studies.
    As argued in the first chapter, there are good reasons to

  6. Library Resource
    May, 2016

    Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses fundamental issues in global development and
    the World Bank Group's role in helping countries and
    the private sector meet the greatest challenges in
    development. He speaks
    about the twin goals, to end extreme poverty
    by 2030 and to boost shared prosperity. Due to television, everyone knows how everyone else lives. We must not remain voluntarily blind to the impact of economic choices on the poor and
    vulnerable.

  7. Library Resource
    May, 2016
    Global

    Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that the developing countries will have to grow
    at a pace stronger than any time in the past 20 years to
    achieve the goal of ending the extreme poverty by 2030. He talks about the
    need for growth that is inclusive, creates jobs, and assists
    the poor directly. He calls for ensuring economic
    growth in the years ahead that is sustainable and takes us
    off the destructive path of climate change. He focuses on

  8. Library Resource
    December, 2015
    Bolivia

    This note is a summary of a report that
    considers urban areas as the complement to rural areas that
    will allow the Plurinational State of Bolivia to achieve the
    goals set forth in its Patriotic Agenda for the Bicentennial
    2025. The report uses data available at the national level
    from censuses and household surveys from the National
    Statistics Institute (INE) and the Social and Economic
    Policy Analysis Unit of the Ministry of Development Planning

  9. Library Resource
    December, 2015

    Policy makers in developing countries,
    including India, are increasingly sensitive to the links
    between spatial transformation and economic development.
    However, the empirical knowledge available on those links is
    most often insufficient to guide policy decisions. There is
    no shortage of case studies on urban agglomerations of
    different sorts, or of benchmarking exercises for states and
    districts, but more systematic evidence is scarce. To help

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