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Iraq's Universal Public Distribution System : Utilization and Impacts During Displacement

Phadera, Lokendra - 2020

Subsidized or free distribution of food has been a central pillar of social protection programs in many countries. With the number of forcibly displaced persons at record levels, the question arises of whether in-kind food transfer programs are effective in mitigating the loss of welfare induced...

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Small Area Estimation of Child Malnutrition in Ethiopian Woredas

Sohnesen, Thomas Pave - 2017

Reducing child undernutrition is a key social policy objective of the Ethiopian government. Despite substantial reduction over the past decade and a half, child undernutrition is still high. With 48 percent of children stunted, underweight, or wasted, undernutrition remains an important child...

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Food Security and Storage in the Middle East and North Africa

Larson, Donald F. - 2017

In times of highly volatile commodity markets, governments often try to protect their populations from rapidly-rising food prices, which can be particularly harsh for the poor. A potential solution for food-deficit countries is to hold strategic reserves, which can be called on when...

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Improving Child Nutrition Outcomes in India : Can the Integrated Child Development Services Be More Effective?

Das Gupta, Monica - 2017

Levels of child malnutrition in India fell only slowly during the 1990s, despite significant economic growth and large public spending on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, of which the major component is supplementary feeding for malnourished children. To unravel this...

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Quality Contingent Contracts : Evidence from Tanzania's Coffee Market

Mahdi, Shireen - 2017

contracts without product grading. To do this, the study uses original data from a survey of 450 coffee producers in Tanzania …'s coffee market that take advantage of contractual variation in the Kilimanjaro region. The results indicate that coffee …

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The Impact of Commodity Price Changes on Rural Households : The Case of Coffee in Uganda

Bussolo, Maurizio - 2016

domestic deregulation affected the coffee sector, its main source of export revenues. Using data from three household surveys … covering the 1990s, the authors confirm a strong correlation between changes in coffee prices (in a liberalized market) and … dependence on coffee farming. Regression analysis (based on pooled data from the three surveys) of consumption expenditure on …

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Restructuring Uganda's Coffee Industry : Why Going Back to the Basics Matters

Baffes, John - 2016

After experiencing a boom during the mid-1990s, the performance of Uganda's coffee industry has been disappointing …, weak regulatory framework, and poor infrastructure. Recommendations range from setting up a coffee auction to increasing … facts of the Ugandan coffee industry. It argues that the coffee wilt disease and the effectiveness of the coffee replanting …

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