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Can Cash Transfers Promote Food Security in the Context of Volatile Commodity Prices? A Review of Empirical Evidence.
Magen, Benjamin B.; Donovan, Cynthia; Kelly, Valerie A. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
. While the focus is on examples from Sub-Saharan Africa (primarily Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya), there are also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555525
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Spatial Disadvantages or Spatial Poverty Traps: Household Evidence from Rural Kenya.
Burke, William J.; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008
The goals of this study are: 1) to determine the relative importance of spatial factors in explaining household wealth; 2) to identify the spatial characteristics of the chronically poorest, the consistently well off, and households escaping from poverty as well as descending into poverty; 3) to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555527
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Spatial Patterns of Food Staple Production and Marketing in South East Africa: Implications for Trade Policy and Emergency Response
Haggblade, Steven; Longabaugh, Steven; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
marketed quantities in Africa. As an initial, exploratory exercise, the paper examines the spatial pattern of population, food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555528
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Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Food Security Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach.
Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2009
, the greatest number of the food insecure lives in South Asia, while Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest proportion of … research and outreach, primarily in Africa, and their value to the U.S. Global Food Security Initiative in addressing the major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555529
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Linking Emergency Response to Need in “Food Emergencies”
Tschirley, David L.; Staatz, John M.; Donovan, Cynthia - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2007
When an emergency occurs, agencies must make quick decisions on how to help people facing severe food insecurity. This paper addresses the challenges of designing appropriate responses that are linked to identified needs of affected households and individuals. The primary goal of any response is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555533
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Why Is Africa Constrained from Spending ODA?
McKinley, Terry - International Policy Center for Inclusive Growth … - 2007
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005574184
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Educating the supply chain logistics for humanitarian efforts in Africa: a case study
Kumar, Sameer; Niedan‐Olsen, Kristin; Peterson, Lynn - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 58 (2009) 5, pp. 480-500
Purpose – There are gaps in the countries of Africa between basic universal health care and what is provided. Educating … Healthcare (TECH) that can be utilized by NGOs to build a humanitarian supply chain for Africa and related decision framework …. Originality/value – The major contribution of the paper is to present a design of a humanitarian supply chain for Africa and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014796638
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Privatization ‐ The myth of free market orthodoxy in sub‐Saharan Africa
Nwankwo, Sonny; Richards, Darlington C. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 2, pp. 165-180
The phenomenal spread of privatization initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa since the 1980s created the impression that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014798681
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Measurements and markets: deconstructing the corruption perception index
De Maria, William - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 21 (2008) 7, pp. 777-797
realities of Africa. Originality/value – The paper is part of a minority scholarship that seeks to provide space for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014798992
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100‐days rapid change initiatives in African public water utilities
Schouten, Marco; Buyi, Tom - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 23 (2010) 5, pp. 431-443
Purpose – This paper aims to test the 100‐days rapid change model for African public water utilities. Design/methodology/approach – A case study is conducted of three 100‐days rapid change programs in public water utilities in Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Findings – The study finds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014799069