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This statement following a workshop on ‘Hunger and Health: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue attended by a cross … grass root activists draws attention to the widespread hunger across many regions of the country and urges the government to …
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This paper provides estimates of the costs of organic agriculture (OA) programs, and sets them in the context of the costs of attaining the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It analyzes the costs of OA programs in four case studies: Wanzai, PRC; Wuyuan, PRC; Kandy, Sri...
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the poverty situation in West Bengal in a multidimensional framework and to explore possible strategies towards reduction of poverty in the state, keeping in view the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). [IDSK OP 20].
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It is examined whether differential progress towards health MDGs was associated with economic development, public health funding (both overall and as percentage of available domestic funds), or health system infrastructure. Also, the impact of joint epidemics of HIV/AIDS and noncommunicable...
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This paper provides a synthesis of the experiences of six countries (Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, and Nigeria) in enhancing food security of their population. Approximately 46 per cent of the undernourished people in the world live in these six countries, which together account for 43...
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, hunger, gender equality, education, child mortality, health, and water. Overall, we find evidence of dramatic achievements by … surprisingly, the list of laggards largely consists of countries devastated by conflict over the last few decades, such as … indicators and little on others.[WP 222] http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1424377 …
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There are many nutrition policies in developing countries. What are the challenges faced by these malnutrition policies …? There are many countries which have successfully included nutrition in their development agenda. Malnutrition should be …
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This paper examines the larger issue of how a ‘free’ media performs during times of war with particular reference …€˜patriotic’ tendency to get support for their own agenda. [CCMG Working paper]. URL:[http://jmi.ac.in/upload/menuupload/Aradhana___WAR …
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seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive of $8.50 is assigned to households in …
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triple burden of malnutrition: undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and over-nutrition. Consumption of a diverse diet … and health indicators. Quantile regression analysis is used to identify the impact of determinants at different parts of …
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