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Migration has become an important phenomenon in many countries of Europe and Central Asia. The development implications of migration in the region were first examined in the flagship report "Migration and Remittances: Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union." This report builds on the World Bank's earlier work and focuses on an aspect of migration which is important, from various aspects, to practically all countries of the Europe and Central Asia region. The role that the diaspora can play is a major part in overall migration policy of the countries of Europe and Central Asia. This report represents a first step towards understanding the role that Europe and Central Asian diaspora can play in their home countries and how the Bank can facilitate these relationships. The report is part of the World Bank's migration program in countries of Europe and Central Asia, which was initiated with the aim to help countries respond to policy, institutional and program challenges of migration and remittances in the quest for sustained economic growth and poverty reduction.
Anthropology --- Brain Drain --- Developing Countries --- Development Policy --- Diaspora --- Economic Management --- Educational Attainment --- Emigration --- Female Migrants --- Fertility Rates --- Financial and Private Sector Development --- Gender --- Gross Domestic Product --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Host Countries --- Human Development --- Human Migrations & Resettlements --- Identity --- Immigration --- Low-Income Countries --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Migrant Workers --- Migration --- Other Economic Management --- Other Financial and Private Sector Development --- Other Human Development --- Population Growth --- Population Policies --- Remittances --- Return Migration --- Social Development --- Unemployment --- Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement
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Reforestation measures for degraded lands, strategies for the sustainable management of forest resources, and agroforestry practices that incorporate trees into farming systems are increasingly demonstrating their promise for producing commercialized tree products. Although the level of investment so far has remained modest, the challenge is to find ways to scale up promising investments in a way that will have a clear impact at the landscape level. These types of investments can help achieve the triple wins of climate-smart agriculture: increased incomes and yields, climate change adaptation and greenhouse gas mitigation.Market trends are promising for a wide range of tree-based technologies, including tropical fruits, cashews, honey, timber and wood products, lipids, gums and resins, tree crops, and agroforestry systems. In many cases, African entrepreneurs, farmers, civil society, and governments have responded dynamically to the widespread challenge of land degradation. The continent is dotted with landscapes where production of trees on farms and in managed forests has grown dramatically to meet market and subsistence needs; sustainable agricultural practices and revegetation have restored soils and watersheds; and key conservation areas are being protected. However, this is not happening at the scale required by societal needs in Africa. In part, this is due to a lack of strategic cooperation and coordination between private sector investors and land managers (who are focused on realizing profitable opportunities and meeting their own needs) and public and civil society actors (who are focused on restoring forest cover and ecosystem services). Such coordination is only possible when the biophysical potential for landscape restoration, private sector investment opportunity and incentives, and societal demand for multiple benefits converge. Much can be learned from examples of large-scale landscape restoration in Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Tanzania, and Zambia, and the variable roles of the private sector, farmers, government, and civil society in supporting and undertaking investment.
Afforestation --- African Development Bank --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural Productivity --- Agricultural Research --- Agriculture --- Bananas --- Biodiversity --- Carbon Dioxide --- Carbon Sequestration --- Clean Development Mechanism --- Climate Change --- Cocoa --- Coffee --- Crop Diversification --- Crop Yields --- Crops --- Crops & Crop Management Systems --- Decision Making --- Deforestation --- Developed Countries --- Economic Development --- Economies of Scale --- Ecosystems --- Environment --- Environment and Natural Resources Management --- Environmental Economics & Policies --- Farming --- Farmland --- Fertilizer --- Financial and Private Sector Development --- Food Security --- Forests --- Fossil Fuels --- Fuelwood --- Land Administration and Management --- Land Management --- Livestock --- Logging --- Maize --- Natural Resources --- Oil Palm --- Other Environment and Natural Resources Management --- Other Financial and Private Sector Development --- Plantations --- Population Growth --- Rural Development --- Seeds --- Soil Erosion --- Streams --- Sugar --- Transaction Costs --- Tree Crops --- Trees --- United Nations --- United Nations Development Programme --- Urbanization --- Wildlife Resources
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