Agriculture and Food

Climate action can accelerate growth by helping Kazakhstan shift to a more diversified and inclusive economy

The World Bank Group has launched today a Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Kazakhstan, the most recent of a new core diagnostic that integrates climate change and development…

Sandeep Kohli, Daniel Besley|
Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Extractive Industries

World Cities Day: A spotlight on climate change and health

Climate stressors have pervasive impacts, among which the impact on the health of urban populations across the world continues to expand. This has recently come into sharp focus with COVID-19.

Maitreyi Bordia Das, Joanna Mclean Masic|
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Urban Development, Water

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for October 16 - 31

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces four papers published from October 16 to October 31 on various topics, including…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Agriculture and Food, Competitiveness, Education, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Poverty, Trade

The Commodity Markets Outlook in nine charts

The nine charts in this Commodity Markets Outlook highlight commodity price developments with a focus on oil prices, natural gas purchases, fertilizer affordability, food prices, and precious…

John Baffes, Peter Nagle|
Agriculture and Food, Competitiveness, Energy, Extractive Industries, Financial Sector, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Trade

What the price of vegetables can teach us about healthier eating habits in Samoa

Recently, the World Bank has collaborated with Samoan government ministries, a local non-government organizations and researchers to conduct the Samoa Food and Tobacco Household Survey to…

Sutayut Osornprasop, Nicola Hawley, Jutta Krahn|
Agriculture and Food, Health, Nutrition
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