The corporate scorecard provides information on the Bank's overall performance and results achieved by its clients against the backdrop of global development progress. The scorecard facilitates dialogue between management and the board on progress made and areas that need attention. The four-tier scorecard covers the full spectrum of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA) activities.

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) hosted a 3-day workshop sponsored by the

A fascinating and educational journey of a Laotian who was instrumental in developing the first Lao language "Village Rights" guidebook on land and natural resources.

This annual progress report highlights key achievements and lessons learned of the “Grassroots Capacity Building for REDD+” project in the Asia‐Pacific region, between August 2011 and July 2012.

This note recounts that by the early
2000s, the Government of Mexico and the Secretariat of
Agrarian Reform, in particular, had come to see investment
in "the more dynamic young segment of the population
endowed with more human capital" as the key to
revitalizing the moribund rural economy of the
country's social sector. Approaching this objective
programmatically would entail establishing a land fund from

The Honduras Land Access Pilot Project
(PACTA) from 2001-2006 supported the acquisition of land and
the formation of sustainable farm enterprises by
self-organized landless and land-poor peasant families. The
Government is now scaling up and diversifying the pilot into
a national program far more inclusive than the current
model. The SDR 6.2 million pilot project proved the
viability of a public-private partnership strategy, with the

The project ( 1996-2001 - US$22 million
credit ) was uniquely designed as a risk management
instrument - it conceived the establishment of a viable,
government-run system of drought management, through early
warning systems, contingency plans, mitigation and quick
response. The design also devolved responsibility to the
district and community level, encouraging civil servants and
other district development actors to empower local

India's Uttar Pradesh Sodic Lands
Reclamation Project has two objectives. First, it seeks to
reverse the decline of productivity through sustainable
reclamation of sodic lands. Second, it is intended to
prevent additional increases in sodicity through
strengthening local institutions and enabling effective
management of such programs with strong beneficiary
participation and nongovernmental organization (NGO)

Yemen's dependence on the oil
sector as a source of economic growth is no longer
sustainable given the rate at which oil reserves are being
depleted. This study was conducted to assess the potential
contribution of the mineral sector to sustainable growth and
poverty alleviation in Yemen and to define the constraints
that will need to be overcome if this potential is to be
realized. In so doing it helps to define those areas of

The World Bank, with the financial
support of the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF), is
implementing the Alternative Indigenous and Afro-Descendants
and Agroforestry Project (COCOA-RAAN) in the indigenous and
Afro-descended (Miskito) regions of Nicaragua. The
implementing agency, the Agro-forestry coordinating
association of indigenous peoples and farmers, is a regional
Non government Organization (NGO) 'focused on seeking

This brief includes the following
headings: increasing access to land by the rural poor in
India; and KCP projects on service delivery for the poor.