Record Nr.

UNINA9910791034103321

Titolo

The World Bank Group and the global food crisis : an evaluation of the World Bank Group response / / IEG World Bank, IFC, MIGA

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2014

ISBN

1-4648-0092-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xlii, 226 pages) : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Collana

Independent Evaluation Group Studies

Disciplina

363.8/526

Soggetti

Agricultural development projects - Developing countries - Evaluation

Agricultural development projects - Developing countries - Finance

Food prices - Developing countries

Food supply - Developing countries

Economic assistance - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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 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

Sommario/riassunto

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

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689303903321

Titolo

Department of Energy's management of health and safety issues at its gaseous diffusion plants in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Piketon, Ohio : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, March 22, 2000

Pubbl/distr/stampa


: Washington : U.S. G.P.O.
Washington

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 453 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Gaseous diffusion plants - Environmental aspects - Tennessee - Oak Ridge

Nuclear industry - Employees - Health and hygiene - Tennessee - Oak Ridge

Radioactive pollution - Tennessee - Oak Ridge

Occupational diseases - Tennessee - Oak Ridge

Gaseous diffusion plants - Environmental aspects - Ohio - Piketon

Nuclear industry - Employees - Health and hygiene - Ohio - Piketon