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Latin America and the Caribbean’s story in the 2000s was one of rapid progress for many. More than 70 million people moved out of poverty and started on the path to a better life for themselves and their families. The middle class grew at an impressive rate, and despite recent slowdowns in growth, remains a large segment of Latin American society. Income inequalities shrank between those at the…

The rationale behind this water accounting and auditing sourcebook is that scope exists worldwide to improve water-related sectoral and inter-sectoral decision-making at local, regional and national levels. Improvements can often be initiated by basing decisions on‘best-available’ information, evidence and analysis – rather than intuition, assumptions and guesswork. Of course, it would be…

The review was conducted with the aim to provide guidance for future engagement / investments, in particular in the context of recent AU declarations on agriculture and on land restoration by NEPAD, GEF, TerrAfrica, the Great Green Wall Initiative for the Sahel and Sahara (GGWISS), UN agencies and other donors. This paper provides an abridged summary of the findings for easier access by…

Land and natural resources management remain a fundamental part of cultural and social identity as well as an economic well-being necessity in many developing countries and FAO is fully committed in implementing the various populations social protection through agriculture and food focused programs, mainly in rural areas. Land should be considered not only as a production factor but also as a…

The millennial generation—the largest in U.S. history—faces serious economic challenges. Politicians have made a series of policy choices that are leaving the millennial generation in bad shape, and this is particularly true for what could be the biggest threat ever faced over the lifetime of a single generation: climate change. Millennials are already facing many difficulties in an economy…

Sub-Saharan Africa’s children account for a large and fastrising share of world poverty. Scenarios developed for this paper suggest that by 2030 – the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target date for eliminating extreme poverty – around one-in-five sub-Saharan African children will be living in poverty, and that these children will account for 43% of global poverty. The emerging face of…