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How to build resilience to conflict: The role of food security
Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Maystadt, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This Food Policy Report explains why there is a need to place even higher priority on food security-related policies and programs in conflict-prone countries, and offers insights for policymakers regarding how to do so. To understand the relationship between conflict and food security, this...
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Sinopse: Relatorio Sobre A Nutricao Mundial De 2014: Medidas e responsabilizacao para acelerar o progresso mundial da nutricao
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
A boa nutrição é fundamental para se construírem vidas saudáveis, meios de subsistência fortes e resilientes, e economias prósperas. Em sua ausência, a construção é feita em areia movediça. Crianças com atraso de crescimento não se desenvolvem adequadamente e, em especial,...
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Explicitly integrating institutions into bioeconomic modeling:
Swallow, Kimberly A.; Swallow, Brent M. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Bioeconomic models can provide powerful insights into the interactions between people and the natural ecosystems on which they depend. For example, bioeconomic models of fisheries have long been used to provide early warnings about the sustainability of harvest levels or the impacts of new...
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Is more inclusive more effective? The “new-style†public distribution system in India:
Kishore, Avinash; Chakrabarti, Suman - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
This paper tries to account for the changes in household consumption patterns associated with the change in PDS policy in these states using data from household consumption surveys by the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO). These data show improvement in the coverage of TPDS and average...
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
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Common-pool resources, livelihoods, and resilience: Critical challenges for governance in Cambodia
Ratner, Blake D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. This paper examines strategic policy choices and governance challenges … initiatives depends on more systemic governance reforms that address issues of stakeholder representation, mechanisms of …
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Decentralization and public service delivery in Nigeria:
Okojie, Christiana - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. The 2006 provisional census counted over 140 million people (United … policy in the last two decades. Decentralization is a process of transitioning from a governance structure in which power is … level governments or agencies. It consists of a transfer of public functions from higher tiers to lower tiers of governance. …
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Sinopsis: Informe De La Nutricion Mundial 2014: Fortalecer la accion y la responsabilidad para acelerar los progresos en nutricion en el mundo
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014
Una buena nutrición es fundamental para promover vidas saludables, medios de subsistencia sólidos y resistentes, y economías prósperas. Sin ella, estos empeños se asientan sobre terreno inestable. Los niños con retraso de crecimiento no pueden crecer ni desarrollarse adecuadamente, y...
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The governance of service delivery for the poor and women: A study of rural water supply in Ethiopia
Mogues, Tewodaj; Cohen, Marc J.; Birner, Regina; Lemma, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
This study presents empirical findings on drinking water supply in Ethiopia from a set of qualitative and quantitive surveys on rural public services. Access to safe drinking water is very low: 32% of the surveyed households use safe drinking water sources, and the average time to get to safe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132626
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Improving the food policy process: Lessons from capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana:
Chhokar, Jagdeep S.; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Kolavalli, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
In this paper, we document an approach to capacity strengthening of parliamentarians in Ghana and attempt to gauge to what extent and under what conditions such investments could lead to better debates and informed policymaking to promote growth and poverty reduction. We traced a group of...
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