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Dercon, Stefan; Krishnan, Pramila - 2003

Households in developing countries use a variety of informal mechanisms to cope with risk, including mutual support and risk-sharing. These mechanisms cannot avoid that they remain vulnerable to shocks. Public programs in the form of food aid distribution and food-for-work programs are meant to...

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Mapping the impacts of food aid: Current knowledge and future directions

Margolies, Amy; Hoddinott, John - 2012

This paper provides an overview on the impacts of food aid. We consider its effects on consumption, nutrition, food markets and labour supply, as well as the extent to which it exacerbates or mitigates conflict. We also consider the comparative evidence on alternatives to food aid including...

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Bestandsaufnahme und Bewertung von Capacity Development-Maßnahmen im Bereich der internationalen Klimapolitik

Pfahl, Stefanie; Tänzler, Dennis - 2005

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Sectoral aid priorities: Are donors really doing their best to achieve the millennium development goals?

Thiele, Rainer; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - 2006

We analyze the aid portfolio of various bilateral and multilateral donors, testing whether they have prioritised aid in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, we combine sectorally disaggregated aid data with indicators reflecting the situation of recipient countries...

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On the pitfalls of measuring aid

Renard, Robrecht; Cassimon, Danny - 2001

1960s. Recent World Bank staff research proposes a more radical departure, introducing the concept of EDA, ‘Effective …

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Foreign assistance and the food crisis of 2007 - 08

Abbott, Philip - 2012

Dramatically increased international agricultural commodity prices from 2007 to mid-2008 brought food inflation and greater incidence of poverty and malnutrition to developing countries. Higher food prices in 2011 threaten to repeat that crisis. The international community responded strongly to...

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International Competition and Environmental Expenditures: Empirical Evidence from Indonesian Manufacturing Plants

Kaiser, Kai; Schulze, Günther G. - 2003

This paper analyzes environmental expenditures in Indonesia – a significant newly industrializing economy – reported at …

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Globalisation, Gender, and Equity: Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Labour Markets in Rural Indonesia

Siegmann, Karin Astrid - 2007

This study assesses the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on gendered labour markets in rural Indonesia. It … with transnational corporations? (TNCs?) greater orientation towards the world market is the preferential recruitment of …

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Assessment of socio-economic functions of tropical lowland transformation systems in Indonesia - sampling framework and methodological approach

Faust, Heiko; Schwarze, Stefan; Beckert, Barbara; … - 2013

Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems in Sumatra,Indonesia. The paper presents the common sampling frame of the socio …

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Have Indonesian Rubber Processors Formed a Cartel? Analysis of Intertemporal Marketing Margin Manipulation

Kopp, Thomas; Alamsyah, Zulkifli; Fatricia, Raja Sharah; … - 2014

one of the most important crops, and Indonesia is the second largest producer in the world. However, a high level of …In Indonesia the agricultural sector plays a key role for broad based economic development in rural areas. Rubber is … population, effects which are also likely to be relevant for many other provinces throughout Indonesia. For the society in …

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