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This paper attempts to compare the concepts and metrics related to vulnerability notion as used in the poverty literature with those in the filed of climate change. Such comparison could shed light on the understanding of the perceived and real differences between the two fields and also help to...
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Bangladesh, like other least developed countries (LDC), has a large rural population and agricultural labor force. At … countries, are largely attributable to LDC's in Asia, and in particular Bangladesh. The very large rural-urban migration in … Bangladesh, in comparison with other least developed countries, is attributable to relatively strong push factors on the one hand …
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This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.
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This study examines dynamics in poverty and food insufficiency using newly available longitudinal data from the 1993 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation SIPP) and the follow-on Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD). The study uses these data to characterize the incidence and...
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For Bangladesh food security was synonymous with achieving self-sufficiency in rice production and stabilization in …
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This Policy Brief discusses whether Bangladesh should continue to pursue a national food security strategy based on …
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This paper looks at the overall performance of the CFPR/TUP programme using the 2002 baseline survey and 2005 repeat survey. All the topics covered in this study could be analysed more deeply, but that is beyond the scope of this paper. Our goal here is to present a descriptive overview of the...
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affected by a changing climate, this paper measures Vietnamese farmers’ adaptation behavior in terms of adjustments to the … key components of climate change adaptation strategies at farm and national level. Localized policy packages aiming at … of poverty reduction, food security and climate change adaptation. …
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