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Measuring the Impact of a Change in the Price of Cashew Received by Exporters on Farmgate Prices and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau

Cont, Walter - 2017

fund to promote the industrialization of agricultural products, in particular -- on farmgate prices and poverty in Guinea …

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Evolution of Poor Food Access Over the Course of the Conflict in the Republic of Yemen

Tandon, Sharad - 2019

The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There has been an increase in violence, a disruption in supply chains due to a tightening of the ports, and a decline in the general economic climate that has left a large share of...

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Food Security and Wheat Prices in Afghanistan : A Distribution-Sensitive Analysis of Household-Level Impacts

D'Souza, Anna - 2020

This paper investigates the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally-representative data collected in Afghanistan from 2007 to 2008. It uses a new estimator, the Unconditional Quantile Regression estimator, based on influence functions, to...

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Rising Food Prices and Coping Strategies : Household-Level Evidence from Afghanistan

D'Souza, Anna - 2017

This paper investigates the impact of rising wheat prices -- during the 2007/08 global food crisis -- on food security in Afghanistan. Exploiting the temporal stratification of a unique nationally-representative household survey, the analysis finds evidence of large declines in real per capita...

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The Short-Term Impact of Higher Food Prices on Poverty in Uganda

Simler, Kenneth - 2017

consumption poverty. The analysis finds that poor households in Uganda tend to be net buyers of food staples, and therefore suffer … foods. The paper estimates that both the incidence and depth of poverty have increased -- at least in the short run -- as a … result of higher food prices in 2008, increasing by 2.6 and 2.2 percentage points, respectively. The increase in poverty is …

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The Role of Information and Cash Transfers on Early Childhood Development : Evidence from Nepal

Levere, Michael - 2017

Although substantial progress has been made in combating malnutrition at the global level, chronic maternal and child malnutrition remains a serious problem in many parts of the developing world. This paper, using a randomized control trial design in Nepal, evaluates a program that provided...

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Synergies in Child Nutrition : Interactions of Food Security, Health and Environment, and Child Care

Skoufias, Emmanuel - 2017

This paper examines the extent to which the three key underlying determinants of nutrition -- food security; adequate caregiving resources at the maternal, household, and community levels; and access to health services and a safe and hygienic environment -- on their own and interactively are...

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On the Central Role of Small Farms in African Rural Development Strategies

Larson, Donald F. - 2017

Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among …

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Long-Term Impacts of an Unanticipated Risk Event : The 2007/08 Food Price Crisis and Child Growth in Indonesia

Yamauchi, Futoshi - 2017

Unanticipated spikes in food prices can increase malnutrition among the poor, with lasting consequences; however, livelihood strategies that include producing food for home consumption are expected to offer a measure of protection. Using anthropometric and consumption data from Indonesia...

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Managing Food Price Volatility in a Large Open Country : The Case of Wheat in India

Gouel, Christophe - 2017

India has pursued an active food security policy for many years, using a combination of trade policy interventions, public distribution of food staples, and assistance to farmers through minimum support prices defended by public stocks. This policy has been quite successful in stabilizing staple...

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