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This study examines dynamics in poverty and food insufficiency using newly available longitudinal data from the 1993 … uses these data to characterize the incidence and dynamics of poverty and food problems for the entire U.S. population and … associated with transitions into and out of poverty and food insufficiency, and it analyzes the empirical results in the context …
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Zambia is a landlocked country located in southern central Africa and it is one of the poorest countries in the world … Zambia and mortality rates are among the highest in the world. The rural transportation network is largely undeveloped and …
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) programs to si- multaneously achieve conservation and poverty alleviation, there is not a great deal of understanding of … whether they work in practice, and how incentives and local management do, indeed affect poverty and local resource use. In …
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poverty rates declined in the 1990s, they remain higher (21 percent) than the rates for urban children (18 percent). In 2003 … child poverty-heavily concentrated in the South-is important for targeting poverty reduction policies and programs in …
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Beginning, limited-resource, and socially disadvantaged farmers make up as much as 40 percent of all U.S. farms. Some Federal conservation programs contain provisions that encourage participation by such “targeted” farmers and the 2008 Farm Act furthered these efforts. This report compares...
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