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  • Food for All

    International Organizations and the Transformation of Agriculture

    by Uma Lele, Manmohan Agarwal, Brian C. Baldwin, Sambuddha Goswami ...
    Many developing countries are falling behind sustainable development goals: food and nutrition levels have deteriorated due to conflict, climate change, and the Covid pandemic, while global ambitions for achieving sustainable food security and adequate nutrition have increased. But what are the prospects of achieving sustainable, healthy food for all? What is the best response to concerns about ... Read more

    $122.99 USD

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  • Africa First!

    Igniting a Growth Revolution

    by Jakkie Cilliers ...
    What stops Africa, with its abundant natural resources, from capitalising on its boundless potential? Well-known Africa analyst Jakkie Cilliers uses 11 scenarios to unpack, in concrete terms, how the continent can ignite a growth revolution that will take millions out of poverty and into employment.Africa urgently needs much more rapid economic growth. Cilliers identifi es and models fundamental ... Read more

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  • Made in Africa

    Learning to Compete in Industry

    by Carol Newman, John Page, John Rand ...
    The role of industry in low income countries is important. Industry is good for growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. All of these factors depend on the size and the rate of growth of industry. Africa doesn’t have enough industry to reach the Sustainable Development Goals for growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. Africa’s share of global manufacturing has fallen from about three ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Food Policy for Developing Countries

    The Role of Government in Global, National, and Local Food Systems

    by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Derrill D. Watson II ...
    Despite technological advances in agriculture, nearly a billion people around the world still suffer from hunger and poor nutrition while a billion are overweight or obese. This imbalance highlights the need not only to focus on food production but also to implement successful food policies. In this new textbook intended to be used with the three volumes of Case Studies in Food Policy for ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2018: Addressing the Threat from Climate Variability and Extremes for Food Security and Nutrition

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    The worsening situation in Africa is due to difficult global economic conditions and, in many countries, conflict and climate-related disasters, sometimes in combination. Economic growth slowed in 2016 due to weak commodity prices, in particular for oil and minerals. Food insecurity has worsened in countries affected by conflict, often exacerbated by drought or floods, and in Southern and Eastern ... Read more

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  • Economic Development

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Marcelo M. Giugale ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    There is much discussion about global poverty and the billions of people living with almost nothing. Why is it that governments, development banks, think-tanks, academics, NGOs and many others can't just fix the problem? Why is it that seemingly obvious reforms never happen? Why are prosperity and equity so elusive? Is the current backlash against globalization another show-stopper? The revised ... Read more

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  • Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2017: Investing in Food Systems for Better Nutrition

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Malnutrition and stunting among children below the age of five remains high in many countries in the region, with large disparities among population groups. Recent initiatives –such as multisectoral approaches, amended policies and interventions that are more nutrition-sensitive – are helping, but these efforts need to be considerably scaled up.More people in Asia and the Pacific region are moving ... Read more

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  • The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2022: The Geography of Food and Agricultural Trade: Policy Approaches for Sustainable Development

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2022 (SOCO 2022) discusses how trade policies, based on both multilateral and regional approaches, can address today's challenges for sustainable development. Trade policies in food and agriculture should aim to safeguard global food security, address the trade-offs between economic and environmental objectives, and strengthen the resilience of the ... Read more

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  • The Development Dance

    How Donors and Recipients Negotiate the Delivery of Foreign Aid

    by Haley J. Swedlund ...
    In a book full of directly applicable lessons for policymakers, Haley J. Swedlund explores why foreign aid is delivered in different ways at different times, and why various approaches prove to be politically unsustainable. She finds that no aid-delivery mechanism has yet resolved commitment problems in the donor-recipient relationship; bargaining compromises break down and have to be renegotiated ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • State of the World's Forests 2014

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Across the world, forests, trees on farms, and agroforestry systems play a crucial role in the livelihoods of rural people by providing employment, energy, nutritious foods and a wide range of other goods and ecosystem services. They have tremendous potential to contribute to sustainable development and to a greener economy. Yet, clear evidence of this has been lacking. This evidence is critical ... Read more

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  • The State of Food and Agriculture 2017. Leveraging Food Systems for Inclusive Rural Transformation

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This report presents strategies that can leverage the potential of food systems to become the engine of inclusive economic development and rural prosperity in low-income countries. It analyses the structural and rural transformations now under way, and examines the opportunities and challenges they present to millions of small-scale food producers. It shows how an "agroterritorial" planning ... Read more

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  • The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    The latest FAO estimates indicate that the trend in global hunger reduction continues. About 805 million people were estimated to be chronically undernourished in 2012–14, down by more than 100 million over the last decade and by 209 million since 1990–92. However, about one in every nine people in the world still has insufficient food for an active and healthy life. The vast majority of these ... Read more

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