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Aligning policy and legal frameworks for supporting smallholder farming through public food procurement: The case of home-grown school feeding programmes
Swensson, Luana F. Joppert - 2018
developing a range of food procurement initiatives designed to use the regular demand for food on the part of government entities … Food Procurement Programmes (IFPPs)3 - are based on the premise that public institutions, when using their financial … as a policy instrument targeting broader development objectives. These initiatives - also referred to as Institutional …
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Implementation of decentralised food procurement programmes and the impact of the policy, institutional and legal enabling environment: The case of PRONAE and PAA Africa in Mozambi...
Swensson, Luana F. Joppert; Klug, Israel - 2017
The development and implementation of an efficient institutional food procurement programme (IFPP) - which aims to link … smallholder producers to institutional markets and promote development of food supply systems - is not a simple or straightforward … far beyond - governmental will and the availability of demand. […] …
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Targeting farmers in institutional procurement programmes: Case study of the PAA Africa Programme in Senegal
de Miranda, Rosana Pereira; Thiam, Abdoulaye; Klug, Israel - 2017
Like other Sahel countries, Senegal experienced a succession of food and nutrition crises in 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012. In 2012, severe food insecurity affected around 739,000 people, corresponding to 6.2 per cent of the Senegalese population. Nutrition surveys conducted in 2012 showed overall...
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Fostering food purchase programmes in widespread poverty contexts: Targeting smallholders within the PAA Africa Programme in Niger
de Miranda, Rosana Pereira; Diop, Amadou; Klug, Israel - 2017
With a surface area of 1,267,000 square kilometres, Niger is a vast Sahelian country located in the south of the Sahara Desert, which covers over two thirds of its land. In 2015, it had an estimated population of 17 million inhabitants and a particularly high growth rate of 3.3 per cent. It is...
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Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region through a child and equity lens
Machado, Anna Carolina; Bilo, Charlotte; Veras Soares, … - 2018
Through the definition of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), countries have acknowledged the importance of social protection for poverty reduction. Namely, target 1.3 of SDG 1, "End poverty in all its forms everywhere", calls for the implementation of nationally appropriate...
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Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region through a child and equity lens. Executive summary
Machado, Anna Carolina; Bilo, Charlotte; Veras Soares, … - 2018
The Overview of Non-contributory Social Protection Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region through …
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Evaluation of Cohesion Policy in Romania: New perspectives
Iacob, Teodora Diana - In: CES Working Papers 9 (2017) 3, pp. 423-443
evaluation. Taking into consideration that Romania is presently evaluating its second generation EU financed programmes, the …
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How can cash transfer programmes work for women and children? A review of gender- and child-sensitive design features
Esser, Anne; Bilo, Charlotte; Tebaldi, Raquel - 2019
transfer programmes (CTPs) based on international experience. The paper's focus on single programme features underlines the … children's empowerment. In addition to presenting strategies that have shown positive impacts across different programmes and …
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Gender and social protection in South Asia: An assessment of the design of non-contributory programmes
Tebaldi, Raquel; Bilo, Charlotte - 2019
Social protection has received increased attention as a measure to reduce poverty and vulnerability and achieve social transformation, including the reduction of gender inequality. According to the Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board (SPIAC-B 2019), to contribute to gender equality,...
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An evaluation of the active labour market programmes in Sweden
Sianesi, Barbara - 2001
of active labour market programmes, which have thus often been regarded as a model for other countries to emulate. The … feature of the Swedish labour market policy, whereby participation in programmes renews eligibility to generous unemployment …' employment rates. The overall findings indicate however that the human capital-enhancing component of the programmes may not …
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