Scaling program investments for young children globally - evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean : summary of a joint workshop by the institute of medicine, the national research council, and Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, São Paolo / / Deepali M. Patel and Sarah M. Tracey, rapporteurs ; Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally, Board on Children, Youth, and Families ; Board on Global Health ; Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797371503321
• Autore: Patel Deepali
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-309-37415-4; 0-309-37413-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (86 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.7
• Soggetti: Children - Health and hygiene; Child welfare; Investments
• 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: FrontMatter; Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 No Small Matter: The Importance of Investing in Young Children Globally; 3 Grand Challenges for Investing in Young Children Globally; 4 Evidence of Impact at Scale; 5 Maintaining Quality at Scale; 6 Perspectives on Governance; 7 Components of Scaling and Sustainability; 8 A Way Forward; Appendix A: Acronyms; Appendix B: Workshop Agenda; Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
• Sommario/riassunto: "This report summarizes a joint workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council with Fundacao Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal in November 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The workshop presentations and discussions highlighted efforts made to scale ; program investments across health, education, nutrition, and social protection that aim to improve children's developmental potential. Speakers explored four topics around scaling up program investments: impact, scalability, sustainability, and governance. Participants shared their experiences scaling up programs and implementing early childhood services into a comprehensive national policy. Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally synthesizes up-to-date evidence on effective programs and interventions in Latin America and other regions, including an account of their strengths and challenges. This report highlights the presentations and discussions of the event."--Publisher's description.

Sustainable land management sourcebook

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910965170303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008
• ISBN: 0-8213-7433-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 178 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 28 cm
• Collana: Agriculture and rural development
• Disciplina: 333.73
• Soggetti: Land use - Environmental aspects; Rural development - Environmental aspects; Sustainable agriculture
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; BOXES; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART I Sustainable Land Management: Challenges and Opportunities; CHAPTER 1 Overview; Box 1.1 Ecosystem Services; Box 1.2 Historical Perspective on Landscapes, Land Management, and Land Degradation; Figure 1.1 Global Food Production, Food Prices, and Undernourishment in Developing Countries, 1961-2003; Figure 1.2 Typical Set of Production Activities (Forestry, Crop and Livestock Production, Hydropower, and Coastal Fisheries) Encountered in a Production Landscape; Figure 1.3 World Comparisons of Food Production and Consumption 2003Box 1.3 Pressure-State-Response Framework; Table 1.1 Comparison of Farming Systems by Category; Box 1.4 Household Strategies to Improve Livelihoods; Box 1.5 Key Safeguard Policy Issues for SLM and Natural Resource Management Investments; PART II Major Farming Systems: Investment Options and Innovations; CHAPTER 2 Introduction; CHAPTER 3 Rainfed Farming and Land Management Systems in Humid Areas; Figure 3.1 Months of Consecutive Dry Season; Table 3.1 Forage Use and Production Criteria; Box 3.1 Example of Pasture Rehabilitation and Intensification from HondurasFigure 3.2 Nigerian Soybean Production (1988-2006) and Markets in Ibadan (1987-2000); Table 3.2 ASB Summary Matrix: Forest Margins of Sumatra; Box 3.2 Examining Hydrological Contradictions in the North China Plain; Figure 3.3 Irrigation History of Luancheng County: Estimated Pumping for Irrigation, 1949-99; Figure 3.4 General Relationships between Precipitation and Evapotranspiration for Cropland in Luancheng County, 1947-2000; Figure 3.5 Hydronomic Zones in a River Basin; Box 3.3 Types of Environmental Services Generated by Good Land-Use PracticesTable 3.3 Incidence of Costs and Benefits for Environmental Services; Table 3.4 Total Number of Plant Species Recorded in Three Fallow Types in the Humid Forest Zone of Southern Cameroon; Table 3.5 List of the Four Most Preferred Priority Indigenous Fruit Tree Species in Selected Regions; Figure 3.6 Schematic Trade-off between Reduced GHG Emissions through Avoided Deforestation and National Economic Development Opportunities; Figure 3.7 Area and Production Increases in Freshwater Aquaculture in Vietnam, 1999-2005; Table 3.6 Percentage of Farm Households Practicing Freshwater Aquaculture in 2000 and 2004 by Wealth GroupsFigure 3.8 Bioresource Flows of an IAA Pond with Medium-Input Fish Farming in the Mekong Delta; CHAPTER 4 Rainfed Farming Systems in Highlands and Sloping Areas; Table 4.1 Farmers Planting Fodder Shrubs in Kenya, Northern Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda; CHAPTER 5 Rainfed Dry and Cold Farming Systems; Table 5.1 Chemical Characteristics of 924 Soil Samples Collected from Farmers' Fields in Three Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India, 2002-04; Table 5.2 Biological and Chemical Properties of Semiarid Tropical Vertisols
• Sommario/riassunto: The Sustainable Land Management Sourcebook is a resource of good practice information on land and natural resource management issues that will be of operational relevance to practitioners in the tropics and sub-tropics. The Sourcebook covers a comprehensive range of topics on the technical issues of land and natural resource management and is presented in a way that will facilitate use by both experts and lay readers. The text is well-illustrated with graphs and photos and for the more specialized reader, key references and web links to institutional reference databases are provided.