“You have to see it to believe it,” said Abraha Hagos, an Orthodox priest and a father of ten who lives in Tigray region’s Enderta woreda (district) in northern Ethiopia. Now he has yields that are...
Date: June 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KIGALI, June 6, 2017 - A tiny country with a proportionally high and densely packed population, Rwanda finds itself caught in a dilemma: with every year that passes, agricultural land—its most valuable...
Date: June 6, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
By Klaus Deininger, World Bank, and Denys Nizalov, Kyiv School of Economics Weak land governance precludes realization of Ukraine’s comparative advantage and its attractiveness for outside investment...
Date: October 17, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
For Nitsu Simachew, a widow in rural Ethiopia, life was a constant struggle to maintain control of the small plot of land she depended on to support her four sons and daughter. “There were always boundary...
Date: October 14, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
DAMAN DISTRICT, Kandahar Province –Farmer Haji Mohammad Akbar, 50, is hard at work on his farm, preparing the land for the next cultivation season, and he is happy to do it. He says that his farmland will...
Date: August 31, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NEW YORK, April 21, 2016 — The World Bank and the French Ministry of Environment, Energy, and the Sea announced today a joint effort in support of West African countries to strengthen the resilience...
Date: April 21, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
When the land titles were distributed, Khouy Thoeun spoke on behalf of other recipients: “Today we are so happy because our dreams came true.” Thouen and other villagers in Srey Loeu Senchey Village in...
Date: November 5, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
What do pastoralist women, agri-businesses, software companies, investment bankers, directors of land departments, activists, project managers, and university professors have in common? They all have a...
Date: April 23, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
World Bank directors approve US$50 million to improve transport infrastructure WASHINGTON, March 11 2015 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$50 million for the Transport Infrastructure...
Date: March 11, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Beijing, March 25, 2014 - A new report recommends that China tackle environmental degradation and other strains of rapid urbanization by systematically changing how it allocates land, people and capital...
Date: March 25, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ABUJA, November 26, 2013-- The discovery of gullies on Mars may well have been a propitious sign that the planet once had water, but in Nigeria, Africa’s second largest economy, gullies caused by the combined...
Date: November 26, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NOUAKCHOTT, October 31, 2013 -- In a new regional push to revive agriculture in the Sahel, two landmark conferences on pastoralism and irrigation have kicked off an international effort to lay the foundations...
Date: October 31, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The day has barely started in Carolina city (MA) and Jaylton Hycroh, age 23, is already working hard. One by one, he brings boxes and more boxes of cashew to a table where he and four colleagues will separate...
Date: September 30, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
When the World Bank first teamed up with the European Space Agency to demonstrate how Earth observation can work for international development, a small climate change adaptation project on the coast of...
Date: August 20, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
En Sao Bartolomeu, la enorme reserva de selva ubicada al norte de Salvador, las cascadas bullen con renovados bríos. De hecho, todo el parque está de mucho mejor ánimo desde que los seres humanos son más...
Date: March 2, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In Sao Bartolomeu, the vast rainforest reserve in northern Salvador, the waterfalls are bubbling more than before. As a matter of fact, the whole park is in high spirits since humans have become more respectful...
Date: March 2, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 25, 2012 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a credit in the amount of US$34.1 million for the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) Real Estate Registration Project...
Date: October 25, 2012
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The food crises of 2008, 2010, and 2012, as well as continuing food price volatility, underscore the vulnerability of the world’s food system. The world will need to feed 9 billion people by 2050. A sobering...
Date: October 2, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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