2020 Vision Focus Series

This section includes: Agricultural and Rural Development for Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Asia: Past Performance and Priorities for the Future, by Nurul Islam and Joa [...]

Policymaking initiatives in agriculture and public health are often pursued in a parallel and unconnected fashion. Yet coherent, joint action in agriculture and health co [...]

Bioenergy—that is, biofuels of biological and renewable origin, like bioethanol, biodiesel, and biomass for energy—is the subject of increasing attention around the world [...]

CONTENTS: 1. African Agriculture: Past Performance, Future Imperatives / Steven Haggblade, Peter Hazell, Ingrid Kirsten, and Richard Mkandawire; 2. Generalizing from Past [...]

Table of Contents: Overview, by Rafael Flores; The global burden of disease, by Alan Lopez; HIV/AIDS, by Anthony Barnett and Gabriel Rugalema; Malaria, by Andrea Egan; T [...]

Table of Contents: Overview, by Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick and Mark W. Rosegrant; Water for food production, by Mark W. Rosegrant and Ximing Cai; Domestic water supply, hygien [...]

Table of Contents: Overview, by James L. Garrett; An urbanizing world, by Martin Brockerhoff; Rural-urban interdependence, by Cecilia Tacoli; Urbanizing livelihoods and [...]