This report describes the progress African countries are making on strengthening the quality of policies and institutions that underpin development. It presents Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) scores for the 39 African countries that are eligible for support from the International Development Association (IDA).

With the sustainability of food systems becoming central to achieving food security, this report of the 2013 workshop on voluntary standards for sustainable food systems addresses in particular issues from the point of view of the many different stakeholders involved.

In the past 50 years, Indian agriculture has undergone a major transformation, from dependence on food aid to becoming a consistent net food exporter.

Urban India is facing an ever increasing challenge of providing for the incremental infrastructural needs of a growing urban population. According to the 2011 census, the population of India was 1.21 billion; of this 31% live in cities. It is further projected that by 2050 half of India’s population will live in cities.

In order to facilitate and promote increasing role of Public Private Partnership in creation of new infrastructure assets as well as for the management of existing ones, the Government of Kerala proposes to lay down an explicit and comprehensive policy.

A Bill to provide for an enabling and facilitative environment in the State for design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of Infrastructure projects, through public investment and also through private sector participation, and to provide for an institutional framework for identification, prioritization and effective implementati

The Comptroller and Auditor General has claimed that prime lands in Jammu and Kashmir were allegedly transferred at concessional rate to various trusts though the lands were under commercial use, causing huge losses to the state exchequer.

The Indian water supply sector has witnessed several PPP projects since the early 1990s. An initiative to address PPP Projects in water supply has been on-going in the Ministry over several months. This is a note on strengthening PPPs in urban water supply by Ministry of Urban Development.

This report deals with the results of audit of Government companies and Statutory corporation and has been prepared for submission to the Government of Chhattisgarh under Section 19A of the Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971, as amended from time to time.