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The World Bank Group and the global food crisis : an evaluation of the World Bank Group response / / World Bank |
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Washington District of Columbia : , : The World Bank, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Independent Evaluation Group Studies |
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Soggetti |
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Agricultural development projects - Developing countries - Evaluation |
Agricultural development projects - Developing countries - Finance |
Food prices - Developing countries |
Food supply - Developing countries |
Economic assistance - Developing countries |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Overview; Management Response; Management Action Record; Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness; 1. Introduction; The Global Food Crisis; Figures; 1.1 Food, Fertilizer, and Oil Prices, 2004-12; The International Response; World Bank Group Response; Boxes; 1.1 Bank Group Food Crisis Response Programs; The Evaluation; 1.2 Analytical Framework for the Evaluation; 1.2 What Is Food Security?; 1.3 Evaluation Building Blocks; Organization of the Report; Tables; 1.1 Distribution of Country Case Studies by Region |
2. The Global Food Crisis Response Program: Design, Implementation, and Results to DateObjectives and Design of the GFRP; 2.1 Major Policy Options Supported by the GFRP; 2.2 Differences between the Guidelines for Emergency Operations and Standard Operations; The GFRP Lending Portfolio; 2.1 Regional Distribution of GFRP Operations and Commitments; 2.2 Distribution of Funds Committed for GFRP Operations among Recipient Economies; 2.1 GFRP Lending by Economy Estimated Vulnerability Level; 2.3 GFRP Operations and Commitments |
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by Type of Lending Instrument |
2.2 Design Options Adopted in GFRP OperationsEvaluation Findings; 2.3 Median Days between Concept, Approval, and Effectiveness for Social Protection and Agriculture Supply Projects (FY2009-11); 2.3 Food Crisis Support through a Financial Sector DPO in Honduras: An Example of Limited Relevance of Design; Coordination; 2.4 Institutional Mandates Cited in the Comprehensive Framework for Action Matrix; 2.4 Differences in Partnership Context: Nepal and Philippines; 3. Bank Group Support for Agriculture to Mitigate Food Crisis Impacts and Enhance Resilience |
Agricultural Crisis Response Policies by Governments3.1 Crisis Response Policies Adopted by Governments in 2007-08; Analytical Response to the Crisis by the World Bank Group; Short-Term Response in Agriculture; 3.2 Activities Supported in 32 GFRP Agricultural Operations; 3.3 IFC Net Commitments in Food-Supply Chain; Medium and Longer-Term Response; 3.4 Agricultural Analytical and Advisory Activities Before and After the Crisis; 3.5 Economic and Sector Work and Technical Assistance Operations by Region; 3.6 Agricultural Lending in Pre- and Post-Crisis Periods by Region |
3.7 Subsector Composition of Agricultural Lending in Pre- and Post-Crisis Periods3.8 World Bank Agricultural Staff, FY2006-11; Lessons from the Bank Group's Agriculture Response; 4. Bank Support to Social Safety Nets; Social Safety Net Policy Responses to the Crisis by Governments; Bank Policy Advice on Social Safety Nets in the Crisis; 4.1 Ranking of Social Safety Net Programs for Food Crisis Response; Short-Term GFRP Response and Social Safety Net Activities; Implementation of the GFRP Social Safety Net Activities; 4.1 Activities Supported in 33 GFRP Social Safety Net Operations |
Longer-Term Response |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The unanticipated spike in international food prices in 2007-08 hit many developing countries hard. International prices for food and other agricultural products increased by more than 100 percent between early 2007 and mid-2008. Prices for food cereals more than doubled; and those for rice doubled in the space of just a few months. The food price increases were particularly hard on the poor and near-poor in developing countries, many of whom spend a large share of their income on food and have limited means to cope with price shocks. An estimated 1.29 billion people in 2008 lived on less than |
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