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Factors Influencing Rural Dwellers Participation in Millennium Village Project (MVP) in Pampaida, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Barnabas, Tena M.; Akpoko, Joseph G.; Akinola, Michael O.; … - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 04 (2014) 12

This study examines the factors influencing rural dwellers participation in Millennium Village Project (MVP) in Pampaida of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Specifically the socio-economic characteristic of the beneficiaries of the project were identified; and factors influencing rural dwellers...

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Physioeconomic Poverty Analysis of Grade 1 Employees of Rawalpindi City, Pakistan

Siddiqui, Sabeen; Anwar, Zubair; Batool, Saira; Habib, … - In: Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 04 (2014) 01

Poverty though a universal phenomenon, is the worst challenge in the modern era, which is termed as the age of … information and technology. The present study was designed to estimate the incidence of poverty for the grade I employees of … Rawalpindi city. Determinants of poverty were explored by using Probit model, which was significant in the determination of the …

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Employment and poverty dynamics in the EU countries before, during and after the crisis

Tóth, István György; Gábos, András; Branyiczki, Réka - Centrum voor Sociaal Beleid - Herman Deleeck, … - 2015

The paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of how employment change relates to changes in poverty in the … employment was accompanied by a relatively sizeable change in poverty rates as well. According to our preferred regression model … estimates, poverty to employment elasticity has been around 25 percent on average in the EU in the period between 2005 and 2012 …

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Gender Differences in Time Poverty in Rural Mozambique

Arora, Diksha - Department of Economics, University of Utah - 2014

This study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in …% of men face time constraints. Women’s time poverty worsens when the burden of simultaneous care work is taken into … determinants of time poverty show that measures of bargaining power like assets and education do not necessarily affect time …

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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 nutrition in developing countries has moved to the top of the...

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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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