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2011 Global food policy report:

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2012

IFPRI's 2011 Global Food Policy Report—the first in a new annual series—provides an in-depth, contextualized look at the past year's major food policy developments and events. It both raises and answers these key questions: What happened in food policy in 2011 and why? What challenges and...

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Short- and long-term effects of the 1998 Bangladesh flood on rural wages

Mueller, Valerie; Quisumbing, Agnes - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Natural disasters have particularly devastating impacts on economic growth in developing countries because they impede … climate change increases the frequency of natural disasters. We use the Bangladesh Flood Impact panel household survey to …

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Natural disasters, self-Insurance, and human capital investment: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Yohannes, Yisehac; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

"This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of disasters on dynamic human …, good long-term nutritional status) helps insure resilience to disasters by protecting schooling investments and outcomes …, even though disasters have negative impacts on the actual investments (for example, by destroying schools). In Bangladesh …

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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale

von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...

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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security

von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...

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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger

von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

With one more year before the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the 2014 Global Hunger Index report offers a multifaceted overview of global hunger that brings new insights to the global debate on where to focus efforts in the fight against hunger and malnutrition....

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2014 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hidden hunger

von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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Indice Globale della Fame 2014: La sfida della fame nascosta

von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

A un anno dalla scadenza per il raggiungimento degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio, fissata nel 2015, l’Indice Globale della Fame 2014 offre una prospettiva articolata del problema della fame nel mondo, che porta nuovi spunti al dibattito mondiale rispetto a dove concentrare gli sforzi...

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Are shocks actually on the rise? A selective review of five types of shocks:

Zseleczky, Laura; Yosef, Sivan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Policymakers, practitioners, and researchers frequently cite an increase in shocks around the world as a reason for focusing on resilience. But have shocks actually increased or become more severe and farâ€reaching? What does the landscape of shocks look like?

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Are shocks really increasing? A selective review of the global frequency, severity, scope, and impact of five types of shocks:

Zseleczky, Laura; Yosef, Sivan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

of shocks: conflicts, natural disasters, climate change, food price volatility, and health crises related to food safety …

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