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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2012
    Nepal, France, Yemen, Switzerland, United States of America, Israel, Chile, Germany, China, Italy, Australia, Malta, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand

    En pocas palabras, la escasez de agua tiene lugar cuando la demanda supera el suministro de agua dulce en un área determinada. Escasez de agua = un exceso de demanda de agua para el suministro disponible Esta situación aparece como consecuencia de una elevada demanda agregada por parte de todos los sectores que consumen agua respecto al suministro disponible, bajo las condiciones de infraestructuras y las disposiciones institucionales existentes.

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2016
    Sri Lanka, Asia, Southern Asia

    The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects
    the ambition to improve the integration of agriculture
    development and climate responsiveness. CSA aims to
    achieve food security and broader development goals under a
    changing climate and increasing food demand. CSA initiatives
    sustainably increase agriculture productivity, enhance resilience
    of agro-systems, and reduce/remove greenhouse gases
    (GHGs) from agriculture production, and require planning to
    address tradeoffs and synergies between these three pillars:

  3. Library Resource
    January, 2015
    Argentina, Sri Lanka

    For cities to be sustainable, they need to simultaneously address the vulnerability of people, places and sectors that may be affected by a changing climate; mitigate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; and ensure adequate access to basic urban services such as water, food and energy to their growing populations. 

  4. Library Resource
    May, 2012
    Sri Lanka

    The success of development programs,
    including water resource projects, depends on two key
    factors: the role of underlying institutions and the impact
    synergies from other closely related programs. Existing
    methodologies have limitations in accounting for these
    critical factors. This paper fills this gap by developing a
    methodology, which quantifies both the roles that
    institutions play in impact generation and the extent of

  5. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Sri Lanka

    This review's objectives were to
    examine the structure and performance of the agricultural
    research and extension systems (public and private) at the
    central and provincial levels, identify successes as well as
    constraints to improving the system s effectiveness for
    fostering innovation, and propose options for further policy
    and institutional development, drawing on lessons from
    international experience. The review focused principally on

  6. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Global, Sri Lanka

    This report is intended to inform the
    discussions of the Sri Lanka Development Forum.
    Specifically, section One reviews recent economic
    performance, the status of macroeconomic management and the
    strategic directions outlined in Mahinda Chintana. It notes
    that the recent acceleration in Sri Lanka's growth can
    be partly attributed to large aid flows for tsunami
    reconstruction and to rapid growth in domestic demand. While

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Sri Lanka

    The issue of regional differences in
    development has moved to the center of the development
    debate in Sri Lanka, partly after the release of regional
    poverty data. For the past many years, there have been
    significant and increasing differences between the Western
    province and the rest of the country in terms of per capita
    income levels, growth rates of per capita income, poverty
    rates, and the structure of provincial economies. The

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