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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
the accumulation of capital. The resilience of labor markets is crucial especially for the poor who rely only on labor to … climate change increases the frequency of natural disasters. We use the Bangladesh Flood Impact panel household survey to … evaluate how the 1998 “flood of the century” affected wages in Bangladesh. We find long-term declines in wages where …
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Climate change and floods in Yemen: Impacts on food security and options for adaptation
Wiebelt, Manfred; Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
percent of pre-flood agricultural value added. Due to the direct flood loss, farmers in the flooding areas suffer most in the … year of the flood occurrence, where the percentage of hungry people living from farming spiked by about 15 percentage … points as an immediate result of the flood. Action to mitigate the negative effects of climate change and variability should …
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Synthèse: L'indice de la faim dans le monde 2014
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Le rapport de l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014 – neuvième édition – propose une mesure multidimensionnelle de la faim au niveau national, régional et mondial. Le GHI 2014 montre les progrès effectués en matière de réduction de la faim depuis 1990, mais des efforts restent à...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132600
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2013 Welthunger-Index: Herausforderung Hunger: Widerstandsfähigkeit stärken Ernährung sichern
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Die globale Hungersituation hat sich seit 1990 verbessert, wie der Welthunger-Index 2013 anhand von Daten aus dem Zeitraum 2008–2012 zeigt. Der WHI ist um ein Drittel gesunken. Dennoch ist die weltweite Hungersituation nach wie vor "ernst". 870 Millionen Menschen hatten laut Schatzungen der...
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Synopsis: 2014 WeltHunger-Index: Herausforderung verborgener hunger
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
Ein Jahr bevor die Frist zur Erreichung der Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele im Jahr 2015 abläuft, bietet der Welthunger-Index (WHI) einen facettenreichen Überblick über die Verbreitung des Hungers und trägt neue Erkenntnisse darüber in die weltweite Debatte, wie Hunger und Mangelernährung...
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Enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: An exploration into alternative investment options
Headey, Derek; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; You, Liangzhi - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
The most recent (2010–2011) drought in the arid and semiarid lowlands (ASAL) of the Horn of Africa has rendered over 13 million people in need of food, and caused a devastating famine in southern Somalia. The drought has also raised concerns that pastoralist livelihoods in this region are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132625
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The development push of refugees: Evidence from Tanzania:
Maystadt, Jean-François; Duranton, Gilles - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
resilience in emergency situations. This study exploits a 1991–2010 Tanzanian household panel to assess the effects of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132648
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Organizational and institutional issues in climate change adaptation and risk management: Insights from practitioners’ survey in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Mali
Ragasa, Catherine; Sun, Yan; Bryan, Elizabeth; Abate, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
This report provides some reflections and insights on the level of awareness, practices, and organizational and institutional issues being faced by countries as they adapt to climate change, based on interviews with 87 practitioners working in government agencies, local organizations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132658
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Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development:
Tan, Chih Ming; Tan, Zhibo; Zhang, Xiaobo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The intergenerational effect of fetal exposure to malnutrition on cognitive ability has rarely been studied for human beings in large part due to lack of data. In this paper, we exploit a natural experiment, the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–1961, and employ a novel dataset, the China...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132691
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Targeting food security interventions: The case of Ethiopia’s productive safety net programme
Coll-Black, Sarah; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
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