Leveling the Playing Field: Giving Girls an Equal Chance for Basic Education--three Countries' Efforts

Leveling the Playing Field: Giving Girls an Equal Chance for Basic Education--three Countries' Efforts
ISBN-10
0821336010
ISBN-13
9780821336014
Series
Leveling the Playing Field
Category
Education
Pages
38
Language
English
Published
1996-01-01
Publisher
World Bank Publications

Description

World Bank Technical Paper No. 320. Medicinal plants are viewed as a possible bridge between sustainable development, affordable health care, and conservation of vital biodiversity. This paper outlines the importance and usage of such plants in national health care and conservation activities in selected countries--China, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka--and in World Bank development projects. The final section focuses on the strategy needs of developing countries for implementing policies on medicinal plant conservation, cultivation, processing, and marketing.

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