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Deadly combination: the role of southern governments and the World Bank in the rise of hunger
The imact of World Bank policies on poor farmers in Malawi, Ethiopia and Zambia
Authors:
M. Curtis; Folkekirkens Nodhjaelp; Brot fur die Welt; Church of Sweden
Publisher:
Norwegian Church Aid , 2007
This report is a study of the impact of economic reforms on hunger-prone people in Malawi, Zambia and Ethiopia. Its primary purpose is to assess whether food security has improved or worsened and why. The document consists of a sythesis report, and individual country reports.
This report states that not only have past policies of deep liberalisation insisted on by the World Bank increased hunger for the poorest people, but current partial liberalisation - the mix of imposed liberalisation from the outside together with ongoing state intervention in certain areas - is barely an improvement. It argues that the faults lie as much with national governments as with the World Bank, which are both essentially undemocratic, elitist actors, who are ignoring the needs of poor farmers.
