The purpose of this Agriculture Business Indicators Study was to isolate the success factors and construct
indicators that reflect the performance of the agriculture sector in Nigeria and that benchmark it in terms
directly comparable to agriculture sectors in other developing countries. Providing policy makers and public
officials with access to this type of empirical information is seen as way to stimulate and inform policy
dialogue about what reforms are needed and about how scarce public resources can be most effectively

This note aims to build understanding of
the existing disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI)
tools in use in Fiji and to identify gaps where potential
engagement could further develop financial resilience. In
addition the note aims to encourage peer exchange of
regional knowledge, specifically by encouraging dialogue on
past experiences, lessons learned, optimal use of these
financial tools, and the effect they may have on the

In 2012 Tropical Cyclone (TC) Evan
offered a distressing reminder of Samoa s exposure to
natural hazards. TC Evan came only three years after the
earthquake and tsunami of 2009, which affected 2.5 percent
of the country s population, causing 143 fatalities and
associated economic losses equivalent to 20 percent of gross
domestic product (GDP). The economic growth of Samoa has
been impacted in the past few years by two major disasters:

Tonga is an archipelago composed of 172 islands spread across a combined land and sea area of 72,000sq.km. According to the 2011 census, Tonga had a population of 103, 252 people spread across 36 of the 172 islands. A population scattered so widely across such a large area can pose logistical problems for efforts to facilitate and finance disaster response. In January 2014, Tropical Cyclone Ian caused widespread damage and destruction on the Islands of Ha'apai and Vava'u.

This study was undertaken in support of the World Bank
project, Agroweather Tools for Adapting to Climate
Change. The overall goal of this pilot project is to establish
community-based agro-weather risk management
tools. These tools are to be supported by a flow of weather
and climate information via information and communication
technology (ICT) delivery systems.
While some advice is provided on how farmers
can use meteorological and climatological information
in their operations, this is not the main thrust of the

It is widely accepted that the costs of
underpricing energy are large, whether in advanced or
developing countries. This paper explores how large these
costs can be by focussing on the size of the external
effects that energy subsidies in particular generate in two
important sectors—transport and agriculture—in two countries
in the Middle East and North Africa, the Arab Republic of
Egypt (transport) and the Republic of Yemen (agriculture).

The current report is a milestone for
preparing the Romanian climate change (CC) action plan. A CC
action plan should be based on the consolidation and
coordination of both mitigation and adaptation measures and
options. An important step in the elaboration of such a plan
is the selection of appropriate actions. This selection
requires the involvement of competent authorities in the key
sectors, including, in the case of Romania, transport,

This document provides an overview and
summary assessment of lessons and insights learned from
various existing and presented domestic cap and trade
schemes. For each scheme, a set of general characteristics
(or issues) is considered. The characteristics (or issues)
covered include the following: (i) coverage and scope; (ii)
setting a cap; (iii) setting the points of obligation; (iv)
allocation of allowances; (v) systems for domestic

This country note for Georgia is part of
a series of country briefs that summarize information
relevant to climate change and agriculture for three
countries in the Southern Caucasus Region, with a particular
focus on climate and crop projections, adaptation options,
policy development and institutional involvement. The note
series has been developed to provide a baseline of knowledge
on climate change and agriculture for the countries

This document provides a summary
assessment of (presented) scaled-up crediting instruments as
well as existing project-based crediting schemes against a
number of important general characteristics of such
instruments. Its purpose is to provide insights that may
inform the design and use of possible scaled-up crediting
instruments. This summary assessment begins with an
examination of proposals for scaled-up crediting mechanisms.

This country note for Albania is part of
series of country briefs that summarizes information
relevant to climate change and agriculture for four pilot
countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region, with
a particular focus on climate and crop projections,
adaptation options, policy development, and institutional
involvement. The note series has been developed to provide a
baseline of knowledge on climate change and agriculture for

This country note for Moldova is part of
a series of country briefs that summarize information
relevant to climate change and agriculture for four pilot
countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region, with
a particular focus on climate and crop projections,
adaptation options, policy development and institutional
involvement. The note series has been developed to provide a
baseline of knowledge on climate change and agriculture for