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Rising food prices: What should be done?

von Braun, Joachim - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"The sharp increase in food prices over the past couple of years has raised serious concerns about the food and nutrition situation of poor people in developing countries, about inflation, and—in some countries—about civil unrest. Real prices are still below their mid-1970s peak, but they...

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High food prices: The what, who, and how of proposed policy actions

von Braun, Joachim; Ahmed, Akhter; Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"The complex causes of the current food and agriculture crisis require a comprehensive response. In view of the urgency of assisting people and countries in need, the first set of policy actions— an emergency package—consists of steps that can yield immediate impact: 1. expand emergency...

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William Godwin and Thomas Robert Malthus : Economics, Justice, Population and the Poor

Reisman, David A. - 2024

1. Introduction -- 2. The Individual -- 3. The State -- 4. Population -- 5. The Enquirer -- 6. The Continuing Debate -- 7. Malthus’ Essay -- 8. Godwin’s Thoughts -- 9. Of Population -- 10. The Westminster Review. 11. Conclusion.

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Explaining Success in Reducing Under-Nourishment Numbers in Ghana

Aggrey-Fynn, Emmanuel; Banini, Godsway; Croppenstedt, Andre - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003

poverty remains particularly high for food farmers who, as a group, saw only a marginal improvement in welfare in the 1990s …. For the same time period poverty also stagnated or increased in the Northern and Upper regions were most farmers produce … did not benefit from economic growth. This polarization of inequality and poverty makes targeted policies and projects to …

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Social Capital and Poverty: Lessons from case studies in Mexico and Central America

Flores, Margarita; Rello, Fernando - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003

poor groups to reduce their poverty and social exclusion. To this end, SC is defined as the ability to obtain benefits from …

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Conflicts, Rural Development and Food Security in West Africa

Flores, Margarita - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2004

This paper examines food security in the context of conflict in West Africa. The analysis developed in the paper recognises the importance of defining conflict type and the trends in conflict so that conflict and post-conflict policies may be implemented. The relationship between food security...

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