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drought, including the rise in food prices. To address immediate needs, the humanitarian response to the drought is being … managed by the Government of Kenya and a number of international organizations including the World Food Program (WFP), the … Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Recognizing that response needs …
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Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising … impacts on poverty. The report highlights the range of barriers to food trade in Africa along the entire value chain. The … global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will …
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"Food policy often depends on markets and markets depend on institutions. But how good do institutions have to be … Bulgaria and the World Bank on agricultural market institutions, this paper presents evidence that performance in food markets …
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"The migration of labor from rural to urban areas is an important part of the urbanization process in developing countries. Even though it has been the focus of abundant research over the past five decades, some key policy questions have not found clear answers yet. To what extent is internal...
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This sector report claims that in the three years between 2002 and 2005 alone, almost 235,000 people have moved out of poverty in Albania. Strong economic growth and large inflow of remittances are at the center of this impressive achievement. However, low productivity of predominantly small...
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