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WATER, SANITATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN FRINGE SETTLEMENTS IN NIGERIA

SANUSI, Yekeen A. - In: Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 5 (2010) 8(17), pp. 14-29

The importance of water and sanitation facilities has been reflected in the measurement of human development and in … their inclusion in Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Water and sanitation facilities attain a unique situation at the … urban fringe. This study is focused on the investigation of the supply of water and sanitation facilities in the fringe …

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Hygiene, Sanitation, and Water: Forgotten Foundations of Health

Bartram, Jamie; Cairncross, Sandy - eSocialSciences - 2010

Health evidence confirms that the burden of disease associated with inadequate Hygience, Sanitation, Water (HSW) is … the cycle of poverty. …

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How the Drudgery of Getting Water Shapes Women's Lives in Low-income Urban Communities

Crow, Ben D; McPike, Jamie - Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, … - 2009

Global statistics suggest that people living in urban areas are more likely than those in rural areas to have access to â€œimproved water sourcesâ€. Women do most of the work of water collection in low-income urban areas, as they do in rural areas. In this review of the literature on...

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The power of WASH: Why sanitation matters for nutrition

Spears, Dean; Haddad, Lawrence James - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

Water, sanitation, and hygiene can have a profound effect on health and nutrition. A growing base of evidence on the … link between sanitation, child height, and well-being has come at an opportune time, when the issue of sanitation and …

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Food safety: Reducing and managing food scares

Grace, Delia; McDermott, John - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

A series of high-profile food-related scares around the globe has drawn attention to the issue of food safety and other health risks associated with agriculture. Because the scope of the problem is different at different levels of economic development, we need nuanced policy options to promote...

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Reaching the missing middle: Overcoming hunger and malnutrition in middle income countries

Fan, Shenggen; Cousin, Ertharin - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

Eliminating hunger and malnutrition around the globe cannot be achieved without a new approach to dealing with the problem in middle income countries. Here’s why this is so, how the middle income countries should respond, and what the international community can do to help.

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The business imperative: Helping small family farmers to move up or move out

Fan, Shenggen; Brzeska, Joanna; Olofinbiyi, Tolulope - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

How can family farmers best contribute to their country’s agriculture needs as well as broader development goals? First, we should determine which farmers can be profitable and assist them in doing so. Second, for those who aren’t profitable, we need to help them shift to other economic...

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Regional developments: Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

Badiane, Ousmane; Collins, Julia; Makombe, Tsitsi; … - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

economic growth, poverty reduction, and food and nutrition security in Africa 2. Policy reforms in fuel subsidies, agriculture …

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Conflict and food insecurity: How do we break the links?

Breisinger, Clemens; Ecker, Olivier; Trinh Tan, … - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

Food and nutrition insecurity are becoming increasingly concentrated in conflict-affected countries, affecting millions of people. Policies and interventions that build resilience to these shocks have the power to not only limit the breadth and depth of conflict and violence around the world,...

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Mitigating risk: Social protection and the rural poor

Kanbur, Ravi - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report

social protection, which can have a potentially significant impact on reducing poverty and vulnerability when implemented …

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