Author: World Bank
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
3. Investing in people.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: World Bank
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
3. Investing in people.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
3. Investing in people.
Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Stephen Devereux
Publisher: ITDG Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Most contributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s.
Publisher: ITDG Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Most contributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s.
A Guide to Sustainable Corporate Responsibility
Author: Caroline D. Ditlev-Simonsen
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030882039
Category : Industrial management
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
This open access book discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by companies in an age that increasingly values sustainability and demands corporate responsibility. Beginning with the historical development of corporate responsibility, this book moves from academic theory to practical application. It points to ways in which companies can successfully manage their transition to a more responsible, sustainable way of doing business, common mistakes to avoid and how the UN Sustainable Development Goals are integral to any sustainability transformation. Practical cases illustrate key points. Drawing on thirty years of sustainability research and extensive corporate experience, the author provides tools such as a Step-by-Step strategic guide on integrating sustainability in collaboration with stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers and investors. The book is particularly relevant for SMEs and companies operating in emerging markets. From a broader perspective, the value of externalities, full cost pricing, alternative economic theories and circular economy are also addressed.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030882039
Category : Industrial management
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
This open access book discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by companies in an age that increasingly values sustainability and demands corporate responsibility. Beginning with the historical development of corporate responsibility, this book moves from academic theory to practical application. It points to ways in which companies can successfully manage their transition to a more responsible, sustainable way of doing business, common mistakes to avoid and how the UN Sustainable Development Goals are integral to any sustainability transformation. Practical cases illustrate key points. Drawing on thirty years of sustainability research and extensive corporate experience, the author provides tools such as a Step-by-Step strategic guide on integrating sustainability in collaboration with stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers and investors. The book is particularly relevant for SMEs and companies operating in emerging markets. From a broader perspective, the value of externalities, full cost pricing, alternative economic theories and circular economy are also addressed.
Why Has Africa Become a Net Food Importer
Author: Manitra A. Rakotoarisoa
Publisher: John Donald
ISBN: 9789251070888
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
Publisher: John Donald
ISBN: 9789251070888
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
Road Network Upgrading and Overland Trade Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Piet Buys
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Recent research suggests that isolation from regional and international markets has contributed significantly to poverty in many Sub-Saharan African countries. Numerous empirical studies identify poor transport infrastructure and border restrictions as significant deterrents to trade expansion. In response, the African Development Bank has proposed an integrated network of functional roads for the subcontinent. Drawing on new econometric results, the authors quantify the trade-expansion potential and costs of such a network. They use spatial network analysis techniques to identify a network of primary roads connecting all Sub-Saharan capitals and other cities with populations over 500,000. The authors estimate current overland trade flows in the network using econometrically-estimated gravity model parameters, road transport quality indicators, actual road distances, and estimates of economic scale for cities in the network. Then they simulate the effect of feasible continental upgrading by setting network transport quality at a level that is functional, but less highly developed than existing roads in countries like South Africa and Botswana. The authors assess the costs of upgrading with econometric evidence from a large World Bank database of road project costs in Africa. Using a standard approach to forecast error estimation, they derive a range of potential benefits and costs. Their baseline results indicate that continental network upgrading would expand overland trade by about $250 billion over 15 years, with major direct and indirect benefits for the rural poor. Financing the program would require about $20 billion for initial upgrading and $1 billion annually for maintenance. The authors conclude with a discussion of supporting institutional arrangements and the potential cost of implementing them.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Recent research suggests that isolation from regional and international markets has contributed significantly to poverty in many Sub-Saharan African countries. Numerous empirical studies identify poor transport infrastructure and border restrictions as significant deterrents to trade expansion. In response, the African Development Bank has proposed an integrated network of functional roads for the subcontinent. Drawing on new econometric results, the authors quantify the trade-expansion potential and costs of such a network. They use spatial network analysis techniques to identify a network of primary roads connecting all Sub-Saharan capitals and other cities with populations over 500,000. The authors estimate current overland trade flows in the network using econometrically-estimated gravity model parameters, road transport quality indicators, actual road distances, and estimates of economic scale for cities in the network. Then they simulate the effect of feasible continental upgrading by setting network transport quality at a level that is functional, but less highly developed than existing roads in countries like South Africa and Botswana. The authors assess the costs of upgrading with econometric evidence from a large World Bank database of road project costs in Africa. Using a standard approach to forecast error estimation, they derive a range of potential benefits and costs. Their baseline results indicate that continental network upgrading would expand overland trade by about $250 billion over 15 years, with major direct and indirect benefits for the rural poor. Financing the program would require about $20 billion for initial upgrading and $1 billion annually for maintenance. The authors conclude with a discussion of supporting institutional arrangements and the potential cost of implementing them.
Food Security in Africa
Author: Barakat Mahmoud
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1789857333
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
This edited volume “Food Security in Africa” is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of food safety and availability, water issues, farming and nutrition. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the public health and food security research area. All chapters are complete in itself but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on Africa’s food security challenges, quality of water, small-scale farming as well as economic and social challenges that this continent is facing. Hopefully, this volume will open new possible research paths for further novel developments.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1789857333
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
This edited volume “Food Security in Africa” is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of food safety and availability, water issues, farming and nutrition. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the public health and food security research area. All chapters are complete in itself but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on Africa’s food security challenges, quality of water, small-scale farming as well as economic and social challenges that this continent is facing. Hopefully, this volume will open new possible research paths for further novel developments.
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition for Africa
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Food Aid
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Restructuring Food Aid
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger. International Task Force
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food relief, American
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Food relief, American
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Development Strategies and Food and Nutrition Security in Africa
Author: Heidhues, Franz
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896296512
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Bibliography p. 41-48.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896296512
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Bibliography p. 41-48.