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Unlocking the Central America's Export Potential

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2012
Nicaragua
Panama
Honduras
Central America
Latin America and the Caribbean

The Central America region is a small market. The region contains around 43 million inhabitants (0.6 percent of total world population) who generate around 0.25 percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the region has successfully embarked on a regional integration agenda and has strong commercial links with the US, extra-regional trade-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge.

Guyana Rice Supply Chain Risk Assessment

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
February, 2011
Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean

This report is the outcome of assessment and is intended as an advisory note to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to enable them to identify a strategy and potential public investments to improve current risk-management practices in the rice supply chain. This report identifies the major risks facing the rice supply chain, ranks them in terms of their potential impact and frequency, and offers a framework for improving current risk-management practices.

Assessing the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in the Context of Instability and Informal Economies

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2011
South Sudan
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Africa

The implementation of effective Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programmes in countries emerging from violent conflict are essential for building and maintaining peace and security. In many instances the disarmament and demobilisation of former combatants was achieved, but reintegration remained a challenge, due to the long-term focus and the substantial resources that are required for such a process to be successful.

Climate-Resilient Development in Vietnam

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
December, 2011
Vietnam
Eastern Asia
Oceania

Weather is the term used to describe the atmospheric conditions (heat, wetness, wind, etc.) prevailing at any one place and time. Climate is the sum of the prevailing weather conditions of a given place over a period of time, typically summed over many decades. This paper seeks to provide strategic directions for mainstreaming support for climate change within the World Bank's broader program of assistance to Vietnam.

Measures to Reduce the Economic and Social Impact of High Fuel Prices

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2011
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

High volatility in the world prices of petroleum has been a characteristic feature of the global economy in the last decade. World petroleum prices increased four-fold between 2004 and 2008 and, and following a drop in prices in the second half of 2008, petroleum prices have been rising again, and they are several times higher than they were two decades ago.

Agro-Logistics in Central America

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
June, 2012
Central America
Latin America and the Caribbean

This chapter uses supply chain analysis (SCA) to identify transport and logistics bottlenecks that add costs, times and uncertainty to the exportation of perishable agricultural products from Central America. Macro-level analyses of logistics performance, including the logistics performance index, Doing Business Reports and Enterprise Surveys of the World Bank, as well as the Global Competitiveness Index of the Global Economic Forum, often leave policy-makers unclear on exactly what poor performance means for exporters and producers in Central America.

Increased Productivity and Food Security, Enhanced Resilience and Reduced Carbon Emissions for Sustainable Development

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
October, 2011
Africa
Central Asia
Southern Asia
Europe

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the challenges and the practical successes that a selected number of countries are experiencing in moving towards 'climate-smart' agriculture while also meeting the food requirements of a growing population, broader economic development and green growth objectives. It complements papers prepared in 2010 on technologies and policy instruments, research, and farmers' perspectives.

Evaluative Lessons for Agriculture and Agribusiness

Reports & Research
January, 2011

Agricultural investments made by developing countries and multilateral development banks (MDBs) have declined in recent decades. This decline is associated with a slowdown in the growth of agriculture productivity. Most development institutions have recognized the damage caused by this past neglect, in part evident in rising food prices, and renewed attention to agriculture and agribusiness is emerging. But this renewed interest will need to deliver results, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the MDBs have had the least success but where the needs and opportunities are enormous.

Rwanda Economic Update, April 2011

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
April, 2011
Rwanda
Africa

The current edition of the Rwanda economic update is titled seeds for higher growth and specially features the agriculture sector. The importance of agriculture's contribution to growth in Rwanda remains considerable, despite the emergence of other significant growth drivers, such as services. Rwanda's agriculture sector will play an essential role in attaining the country's development vision of sustainable growth and increased poverty reduction, due to its employment weight.

The Double Burden of Malnutrition

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2012

The Double Burden of Malnutrition (DBM) is the coexistence of both under nutrition and over nutrition in the same population across the life course. 'Across the life course' refers to the phenomenon that under nutrition early in life contributes to an increased propensity for over nutrition in adulthood. The DBM affects all countries, rich and poor, and is a particular concern in countries with high stunting rates. The consequences of the DBM are enormous; early life under nutrition is an underlying cause associated with about a third of young child deaths.

Promoting Azerbaijan's Agricultural Productivity (1997-2010)

Reports & Research
Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2011
Central Asia
Azerbaijan
Europe

The objective of this study is to evaluate the World Bank Group's (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development [IBRD], International Development Association [IDA], and International Finance Corporation [IFC]) effectiveness in promoting growth in agricultural productivity in Azerbaijan, and to derive lessons that may be relevant for the World Bank Group's future engagement in Azerbaijani agriculture.

Russian Economic Report, No. 25, June 2011

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
June, 2011
Russia
Europe
Central Asia

Russia has seen even higher oil windfall in the past few months, which translates into likely fiscal surpluses this year and next. The government should not miss the opportunity provided by a large oil windfall to substantially improve its long-term fiscal position, further reduce inflation, and, therefore, ensure a strong basis for durable stability and healthy growth in the future. Rising domestic demand and credit activity are increasingly supporting solid growth.