partnerships to expand mutual learning with other developing member countries (DMCs) in key sectors such as agriculture, natural … to promote modern agriculture, agricultural value chain and logistics system development, bridging of agricultural …

recent gains in poverty reduction. The impact of higher food prices is severe—an additional 112 million people could have … escaped poverty in Asia during the late 2000s if food prices had not increased during the period. Thus, long- and shortterm … strategies are needed to ensure food security and bolster efforts at poverty reduction. Policies to enhance food security that …

challenge for the country is that half the population lives below the poverty line, and income inequality is among the highest … and growth, to a focus on poverty reduction and private sector development towards the end of the 1990s. Throughout this … Papers, as well a Poverty Assessment, and a Strategic Economic Options Report; regrettably, other analytical work was not …

Lifting people out of poverty is one of the great challenges facing the international community today. It has become … the world. Almost 1.4 billion people in developing countries live in poverty, according to recent estimates by the World … Bank, and a significant part of this population lives in chronic poverty. This is the fourth in a series of volumes …

privatization of government enterprises, were achieved. Bank assistance also contributed to significant progress in the agriculture …, enhanced water management and conservation, and poverty reduction. …