Quarterly Web Update February 2008

Poverty has become an overwhelmingly rural problem according to the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development. The report, launched on October 19, 2007, explores how agriculture development can help reduce poverty... more   |  slideshow
 
 
What does this mean on a regional level for East Asia and the Pacific?  The East Asia Update looks at what lessons can be learned, including how agriculture can decrease the urban/rural divide... more

Country launches of the WDR are currently taking place in the East Asia region and have already taken place in: China, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and 
Vietnam.
 

Indonesia: International year of the reef campaign urges swift action to save ocean ecosystem... more

China: Forest restoration project gives Yuan Zouhe and Zhou Qi Lan a home... more

Related Project Profiles:
--Forestry development in poor areas
--Timber plantations
 

Indonesia: Illegal logger turns to chocolate.  An innovative forest project creates alternatives for illegal loggers... more

RECENTLY APPROVED PROJECT -

Papua New Guinea: Smallholder Agriculture Development Project (US$27.5 m).  The project's objective is to enhance smallholder incomes and to increase the level of funds and resources invested by local communities in their local development in a number of communities in West New Britain and Oro provinces... more
 

EVENT -

The World Bank is offering US$4 Million in grants for Innovations in agriculture through the Development Marketplace kicked off on January 22, 2008... more

Other Featured Publication -

• China:  Public Services for Building the New Socialist Countryside.  Improving the delivery of public services is essential to reducing the rural-urban gap and enabling citizens to participate more fully in China's economic success.

For more information about the East Asia and Pacific agriculture and rural development program, please visit: http://www.worldbank.org/eaprural

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