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Ecosystems for water and food security. [Background paper]
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010879151
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Food Security in Developing Countries
Staatz, John M.; Boughton, Duncan; Donovan, Cynthia - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
This paper provides a systematic definition of food security, focusing on its different dimensions; examines the nature and magnitude of the different dimensions of food insecurity in developing countries; discusses the difficult tradeoffs that policy makers face in trying to address food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000477
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Evolution of poor food access over the course of the conflict in the Republic of Yemen
Tandon, Sharad; Vishwanath, Tara - 2019
The Republic of Yemen has undergone a profound transformation following the escalation of conflict in March 2015. There has been an increase in violence, a disruption in supply chains due to a tightening of the ports, and a decline in the general economic climate that has left a large share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008383
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Facing famine : Somali experiences in the famine of 2011
Majid, Nisar; Abdirahman, Khalif - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 65 (2016), pp. 63-73
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011633899
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Food Security Analysis and Policies for Transition Countries
Wehrheim, Peter; Wiesmann, Doris M. - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 03 (2006) 2
hunger and malnutrition in economies in transition and macro level factors are at work to determine food security outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326609
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Food Security and Nutrition in Bangladesh: Progress and Determinants
Hossain, Mahabub; Naher, Firdousi; Shahabuddin, Quazi - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 02 (2005) 2
slow. Forty percent of the population lives below the poverty line, and income inequality has been worsening. This paper … also probes into the trends in poverty and distribution of income and access to food through markets. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326616
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Micro-Savings & Informal Insurance in Villages: A Field Experiment on Indirect Effects of Financial Deepening on Safety Nets of the Poor
Flory, Jeffrey A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/11. Former title: Indirect Effects of Microfinance: A Field Experiment on Formal Savings Expansion and Informal Safety Nets of the Ultra-Poor
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020943
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Resilience Programming among Nongovernmental Organizations: Lessons for Policymakers
Frankenberger, Timothy R.; Constas, Mark A.; Nelson, Suzanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933124
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Does SNAP Decrease Food Insecurity? Untangling the Self-Selection Effect
Nord, Mark; Golla, Anne Marie - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2009
Self-selection by more food-needy households into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) makes it difficult to observe positive effects of the program in survey data. This study investigates self-selection and ameliorative program effects by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518941
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Food Security for Whom? The Effectiveness of Food Reserves in Poor Developing Countries
Romero-Aguilar, Randall S.; Miranda, Mario J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
During the Global Food Price Crisis of 2007-2011, millions of people suffered from hunger because food had become …-importing country. Households are heterogeneous in their income endowment, and those who cannot afford enough food suffer from hunger … households are unable to self-insure against changes in this price. The objective of the reserve operation is to reduce hunger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011068637