.S. poverty thresholds to identify 2,099 families living near or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Food insecurity … insecurity of approximately 6 percentage points. Given our finding that families near the federal poverty level spend a large …

Vulnerability to poverty is a major problem in the rural areas of Sub Saharan Africa. Rural Households are confronted … contribution of indigenous fruit trees towards reducing vulnerability to food insecurity and poverty. The methodology used is a …

poverty. Many households above the poverty line are food insecure; many below are not. We investigate a lack of financial …

Despite some improvements in recent years, poverty and food insecurity remain widespread and the main challenges in …

We survey the latest research on the linkages between international trade, regional integration, poverty and food … extensive literature on the impacts of trade reform on poverty outcomes, research on the actual and potential effects of trade …

Goal 1 (No poverty), Goal 2 (Zero hunger) and Goal 3 (Good health and well-being). Another purpose, recognized as the added …

Distribution System (PDS) and the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDM) - on poverty outcomes and on nutritional intake. This paper offers a … the significant impact of the PDS and MDM in terms of poverty reduction and calorie intake. While there are large … also contributed significantly to poverty reduction. Almost half of the poverty reduction in the distribution …