UID:
almafu_9958096946702883
Format:
vii, 233 pages :
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illustrations, map ;
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26 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-78737-X
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9786611787370
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0-8213-7128-2
Series Statement:
Berlin Workshop series ; 2008
Content:
Proceedings from ""Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development"" conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.
Note:
"The Berlin Workshop Series 2008 presents a selection of papers from meetings held on September 4-6, 2006, at the ninth annual Berlin Workshop, jointly organized by InWent-Capacity Building International, Germany, and the World Bank"--P. 1.
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Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; WELCOMING ADDRESS; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Current Thinking on the Scope and Approach of WDR 2008; OPENING ADDRESS; INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; Part I: Agricultural Policy, Subsidies, and Trade; Agriculture and Development: The Perspective of a Think Tank on the WDR 2008 Outline; Part II: Markets and Institutions; Market Access for Small Farmers: The New Standards Challenge; Globalization, Privatization, and Vertical Coordination in Food Value Chains; Part III: Agriculture, Natural Resources Management, and the Environment
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Designing Improved NRM Interventions in Agriculture for Poverty Reduction and Environmental Sustainability in Developing CountriesAspects of Land Degradation in Lagging Regions: Extent, Driving Forces, Responses, and Further Research with Special Reference to Ethiopia; Agriculture and the Rio Conventions; Part IV: Agriculture-Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Rural Poverty; Agricultural Growth, Employment, and Wage Rates in Developing Countries; Are Farm-Nonfarm Linkages Still Strong Enough to Tackle Rural Poverty?; Agriculture: Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Poverty
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Part V: Decentralization, Local Governance, and Rural DevelopmentDecentralization, Local Governance, and Rural Development; Decentralization, Agriculture, and Poverty Reduction: Harsh Realities?; Decentralization and Development: Emerging Issues from Uganda's Experience; Decentralized Rural Governance in a Post-Socialist Economy: A Case of Community-Based Agricultural Marketing in Poland; Part VI: Emerging Policy Issues; Opportunities for European Bioethanol in a Global Environment (2006)
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Nonlinear Effects of Weather on U.S. Crop Yields, Implications for Climate Change, and Why These Effects Matter for Developing CountriesEmerging Policy Issues within the Realm of Science Policy for Africa; CLOSING REMARKS; Appendix 1: Program; Appendix 2: Participants
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7127-4
Language:
English
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-7127-5
