The World Bank recently released a near-final version of its 2008 World Development Report on 'agriculture for development', ahead of the official release on 19 October.
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Background
Growth Commission case studies unveiled
As a key part of its remit, the Commission on Growth and Development has identified twenty areas it deems crucial 'to furthering our understanding of long-term sustainable economic growth and development'.
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Analysis
Concerns e-voiced: WDR on 'agriculture for development' in consultation process
The World Bank released a first draft of its latest World Development Report on 'agriculture for development' on 9 April.
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Bank to release WDR on agriculture
The World Bank's 2008 World Development Report (WDR), to be released in October, will focus on agriculture for development.
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La respuesta no está solamente en el crecimiento: Evaluación llama la atención
En diciembre del 2006, el organismo de evaluación del Banco Mundial publicó un informe mostrando que las estrategias de crecimiento no habían hecho lo suficiente para ayudar a las personas viviendo en la pobreza, y que el Banco había fallado al no evaluar bien los impactos de distribución de sus recomendaciones políticas.
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Knowledge Bank-rupted: Evaluation says key World Bank research ‘not remotely reliable’
An evaluation by a panel of self-described ‘academic superstars’ has cast doubt over the independence and reliability of World Bank research.
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Debt sustainability framework unchanged
NGOs contest a review of the World Bank and IMF’s debt sustainability framework for low income countries which concluded that the system was “broadly appropriate”.
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Growth alone is not the answer: evaluation chides World Bank
In early December the World Bank’s evaluation body released a report which found that the Bank’s growth strategies have not done enough to help the poor, and that the Bank has failed to sufficiently assess the distributional impacts of its policy recommendations.
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World Development Report 2008 - Agriculture for development
Information on the World Development Report 2008 including updates on recent civil society consultations.
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World Development Report 2007 on youth: familiar prescriptions
The World Bank’s flagship annual report, the World Development Report was released in September, focusing on youth. Plans are already underway for next year’s edition on agriculture, and follow-up continues on last year’s report on equity.
