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Implementing Sustainable Development Goals within the COVID-19 pandemic future challenges for the 2030 Agenda
Żbikowska, Anna Rydz - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 25 (2022) 4, pp. 135-160
Goal 1 (No poverty), Goal 2 (Zero hunger) and Goal 3 (Good health and well‑being). Another purpose, recognized as the added …
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Reclaiming the Right to Food as a Normative Response to the Global Food Crisis
Narula, Smita - 2015
’s poorest from abject and dehumanizing poverty. They also bring to light the deep imbalance of power in a fundamentally flawed …
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World Poverty and Food Insecurity
Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2015
The article draws upon the insights of Yale philosopher Thomas Pogge to suggest a way that we might think about the structural inequities in the global economic order that produce food insecurity. The article argues that chronic undernourishment is not a function of food scarcity, bad weather,...
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Microfinance for poverty alleviation : do transnational initiatives overlook fundamental questions of competition and intermediation?
Arp, Frithjof; Ardisa, Alvin; Ardisa, Alviani - 2017
Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate …
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Equitable and sustainable development of foreign land acquisitions : what have we learnt on policy syndromes and implications?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nguena, Christian Lambert - 2014
Large-scale agricultural land acquisitions have been covered substantially in recent literature. Despite the wealth of theoretical and empirical studies on this subject, there is no study that has reviewed existing literature in light of concerns over sustainable and equitable management. This...
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What drives the global land rush?
Arezki, Rabah; Deininger, Klaus W.; Selod, Harris - 2011
This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological suitability in areas with low population density as...
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How institutions shape land deals : the role of corruption
Bujko, Matthias; Fischer, Christian; Krieger, Tim; … - 2014
Large-scale land acquisitions, or "land grabs", concentrate in developing countries which are also known for their corruption-friendly setting caused by a weak institutional framework. We argue that corrupt elites exploit this given institutional set-up to strike deals with international...
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How institutions shape land deals : the role of corruption
Bujko, Matthias; Fischer, Christian; Krieger, Tim; … - 2015
Large-scale land acquisitions often take place in developing countries which are also known for their corruption-friendliness caused by weak institutional frameworks. We hypothesize that corruption indeed leads to more land deals. We argue that corrupt elites exploit poor institutional setups...
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Bioenergy, Food Security and Poverty Reduction : Mitigating Tradeoffs and Promoting Synergies Along the Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus
Mirzabaev, Alisher - 2014
Modern bioenergy is a core ingredient of sustainable economic development as it plays an important role in poverty … stimulate modern bioenergy innovation in order to achieve multiple-win outcomes in terms of poverty alleviation, improved health …
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Ending Extreme Poverty : Securing Human Rights Can Be Decisive
Smith, Stephen C. - 2010
journal Ius Inter Gentes), argues the links between improving human and legal rights protections for people living in poverty … and success in ending poverty. It then examines approaches to achieving improvement in human and legal rights of people … living in poverty, illustrating with examples from a variety of NGO programs. Previously the article has not been available …
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