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S O M E O T H E R G L O B A L A S S E S S M E N T P U B L I C A T I O N S / 5 3 9Some Other Global Assessment PublicationsThis annotated list covers some of the more recentglobal reports in water, water-related anddevelopment issues.Beck, T.; Guendel, S.; Kodsi, E.; Fuhr, N.2000. Sustainable Human Development andGood Project Design: An Assessment ofProject Formulation and Design in UNDPAgriculture Programming, 1994–1999. TheFood Security and Agriculture Programme,UNDP/BDP/SEED (United NationsDevelopment Programme/ Bureau forDevelopment Policy/Energy and EnvironmentDepartment).An assessment of the extent to which thesustainable human development goals have beenmet in UNDP agriculture programming. The goodpractice-for-resultsreview, of which this study isone part, provides an assessment of projectdocument formulation and design, strategicguidance for future programmes and projects, and aset of good-practice tools for use mainly by UNDPand partner staff.[Cross-cutting]FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization).Annual publication. The State of Food andAgriculture. Rome.FAO’s annual report on current developments andissues in world agriculture. The Organizationmonitors the global agricultural situation as well asthe overall economic environment surrounding worldagriculture. The 2002 report calls for increasedinternational financial flows towards agriculture andrural areas. It also examines one of the possiblenew mechanisms for this financing: the CleanDevelopment Mechanism (CDM) deriving from theKyoto Protocol to the United Nations FrameworkConvention on Climate Change. Particular attentionis paid to the potential use of the CDM as aninstrument for both enhancing carbon sequestrationthrough land use changes and for reducing ruralpoverty.[Main challenge area: Securing the food supply]———. 2000. World Agriculture: Towards2015/2030. Rome.A summary of FAO projections and messagesintended for the general reader. The projectionscover supply and demand for the major agriculturalcommodities and sectors, including fisheries andforestry. This analysis forms the basis for a moredetailed examination of other factors, such asnutrition and undernourishment, and theimplications for international trade. The report alsoinvestigates the implications of future supply anddemand for the natural resource base and discusseshow technology can contribute to a moresustainable development.[Main challenge area: Securing the food supply]Gleick, P. Biennial publication. The World’sWater. Washington DC, The Pacific Institutefor Studies in Development, Environment,and Security, Island Press.The World’s Water is a comprehensive referenceseries on worldwide freshwater resources and thepolitical, economic, scientific and technologicalissues associated with them. Published every twoyears since 1998, it provides both detailed analysisof the most significant trends and events and up-todatedata on water resources and their use.[Cross-cutting]Groombridge, B. and Jenkins, M. 1998.Freshwater Biodiversity: a PreliminaryGlobal Assessment. Cambridge, UnitedKingdom, WCMC/UNEP (World ConservationMonitoring Centre/United NationsEnvironment Programme), WorldConservation Press.This document provides useful information on inlandwaters and their biodiversity to a wide audience,ranging from those interested in the state of theworld environment generally, to those needing anoverview of the global and regional context in orderto improve planning, management and investmentdecisions.[Main challenge area: Protecting ecosystems]Leisinge, K.-M.; Schmitt, K.; Pandya-Lorch, R.2002. Six Billion and Counting: PopulationGrowth and Food Security in the 21stCentury. Baltimore, United States, JohnsHopkins University Press, International FoodPolicy Research Institute.More people will inevitably mean greater demandfor food, water, education, health care, sanitaryinfrastructure and jobs, as well as greater pressureon the environment. There must come a point whenpopulation growth threatens global food securityand the Earth’s finite natural resources. But whatspecific threats does population growth present nowand in the coming decades? How can the worldachieve sustainable development in the face of anever-growing population? This book deals withthese questions.[Main challenge area: Securing the food supply]Pardey, P.-G.; Beintema, N.-M. 2001. SlowMagic. Agricultural R&D a Century AfterMendel. Washington DC, International FoodPolicy Research Institute, AgriculturalScience and Technology Indicators Initiative.This report assembles and assesses new and updatedevidence regarding investments in agricultural R&D bypublic and private agencies, contrasting developmentsin rich and poor countries. It tracks trends inagricultural R&D over the past several decades.[Main challenge area: Securing the food supply]Pinstrup-Andersen, P.; Pandya-Lorch, R.;Rosengrant, M.-W. 1999. World FoodProspects: Critical Issues for The EarlyTwenty-First Century. Washington DC, FoodPolicy Report, International Food PolicyResearch Institute.This report provides a summary of the most recentresults from the International Food Policy ResearchInstitute projections of the future world foodsituation. It then identifies and discusses six recentdevelopments and emerging issues that willinfluence the prospects for global food security. Italso discusses new evidence on the opportunitiesoffered by agro-ecological approaches, the potentialrole of modern biotechnology and the relevance ofnew information technology and precision farmingfor small farmers in developing countries.[Main challenge area: Securing the food supply]