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Enabling Net Zero Markets: Greening Public Financial Management
December 20, 2022
< 1 Minute Read
Climate Change
Economic Growth and Trade
Enabling Environment for Food Systems
Environment and Natural Resources
Trade and Regulatory Reform
A nation’s ability to mobilize resources to combat and cope with climate change is primarily constrained by its resources and financial capacity, which vary dramatically across developing contexts.
The War in Ukraine and the Future of Global Food Security
November 22, 2022
2 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security
Food Security
Enabling Environment for Food Systems
Peace, Stability, and Transition
What bold choices and scalable changes can we make to potentially meet the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 2: End Hunger? Today’s lessons from Ukraine and worldwide shed light on our global dual reality: There is hope — and the stakes have never been higher.
How 58 Policies Are Helping Guide Ecological Restoration in Brazil
December 29, 2021
4 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security
Enabling Environment for Food Systems
Inclusive Market Systems
Climate Change
A review of 58 Brazilian national and state environmental policies charts a new path for the restoration of natural areas in the Matopiba region of the Cerrado biome, known as Brazil’s new agricultural frontier.
Development Works Here with Robert Anyang
June 5, 2019
4 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security
Food Security
Enabling Environment for Food Systems
Improved Technologies and Practices
Inclusive Market Systems
Development works here because great people work here. We’re excited to introduce you to our team.
3 Questions with Cynthia Steen on Transforming Moldova’s Agriculture Sector
May 21, 2019
5 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security
Improved Technologies and Practices
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development
Economic Growth and Trade
Enabling Environment for Food Systems
Youth Workforce Development
Food Security
In Moldova, agricultural producers are diversifying their markets, while brokering new relationships and harnessing innovative technologies. Cynthia Steen discusses challenges and successes in this venture.
4 Best Practices to Make Agriculture Insurance More Available and Affordable
May 29, 2018
3 Minute Read
Agriculture and Food Security
Enabling Environment for Food Systems
Finance and Investment
Inclusive Market Systems
Agriculture insurance is a critical tool to help farmers mitigate risk, but expanding access to it is no small challenge. Expert Peter Nash shares four best practices from Uganda that are in line with a newly released guide from Feed the Future.
6 Myths About Youth and Land
March 20, 2018
4 Minute Read
Land Tenure and Resource Governance
Environment and Natural Resources
Agriculture and Food Security
Enabling Environment for Food Systems
Empowering Youth
One out of every six people worldwide is a youth. Can we achieve the goal of ending poverty without addressing such a large population’s access to one of the most important productive assets: land?
Thinking and Working Politically to Strengthen Agricultural Market Systems
February 13, 2018
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Agriculture and Food Security
Inclusive Market Systems
Enabling Environment for Food Systems
Democracy and Governance
Cross-Sector Development
Informal politics can thwart even the most well-designed development project if not properly addressed. Experts Sharon Van Pelt and Philip DeCosse explain why political economy analyses are important to understand agricultural market systems.