This report explores a number of indicators of environmentally sustainable development that include the links between environmental quality and economic growth and between the use of resources and the...
This is a report of the panel commissioned by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) to assess the potential of crop bioengineering as well as the inherent risks. The report...
If development is to become sustainable, human behavior must change. Corporations, consumers, and public agencies all need to switch away from activities that degrade the environment and invest instead...
This report explores a number of indicators of environmentally sustainable development that include the links between environmental quality and economic growth and between the use of resources and the...
This report explores a number of indicators of environmentally sustainable development that include the links between environmental quality and economic growth and between the use of resources and the...
If development is to become sustainable, human behavior must change. Corporations, consumers, and public agencies all need to switch away from activities that degrade the environment and invest instead...
It has now been 5 years since most of the countries of the world committed to the policies and programs for environmentally sustainable development laid out at the Rio Earth Summit in Agenda 21. Along...
This volume brings to public scrutiny and discussion one of several analytical tools, or research strategies, employed by sociologists and anthropologists to help shape the orientation, content, and ultimate...
Efforts to implement environmentally sound pest management strategies have often been impeded by government policies and regulations that inadvertently promote the use of pest control over more sustainable...
Efforts to implement environmentally sound pest management strategies have often been impeded by government policies and regulations that inadvertently promote the use of pest control over more sustainable...
This volume argues that biodiversity must be better managed and conserved to meet the twin challenges of improving living standards and enhancing the environment. The authors explore the many links between...
In both developed and developing countries the coastal zone is likely to undergo the most profound change in the near future. Already more than 60 percent of the world's population lives within 60 kilometers...
This publication describes the enabling environment required in developing countries to acquire powerful new tools in biotechnology and to assess their potential usefulness. It is designed to provide a...
This monograph describes the position of the World Bank concerning sustainability and the wealth of nations; it discusses the Bank's efforts to more rigorously define the concept of sustainability, to...
Understanding how the poor respond to economic crisis has become increasingly important, especially for governments and donors. This understanding can help ensure that interventions aimed at reducing poverty...
Understanding how the poor respond to economic crisis has become increasingly important, especially for governments and donors. This understanding can help ensure that interventions aimed at reducing poverty...
Understanding how the poor respond to economic crisis has become increasingly important, especially for governments and donors. This understanding can help ensure that interventions aimed at reducing poverty...
The way we legitimize to others or to ourselves the need for social analysis in development interventions creates a structure of expectations that becomes compelling. In other words, if we argue just the...
This report is the result of discussions within the Bank as well as dialogues with Nongovernmental Organizations and other international agencies concerned with poverty and hunger. The report summarizes...
The body of writings described in this volume consists of selected publications authored by sociologists and anthropologists working as regular World Bank staff or as consultants to the Bank. These works...