Poverty focused aid
- Social protection in southern Africa: lessons from 20 case studies
- S. Devereux; F. Ellis; P. White / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008
- This series of briefs provides a regional synthesis of findings of 12 thematic studies and 20 individual case studies of social transfer schemes undertaken by the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) in southern Africa. ...
- Ill health, malnutrition and ultra-poverty in Africa: the need for integrated approaches
- C., B. Barrett / Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2008
- Millennium Development Goal number 1 is to halve extreme poverty ($1/day per person) and hunger. Progress toward this goal has been excellent at global level, led by China and India, but largely insufficient in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA...
- Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Website (IPC)
- The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a standardised tool that aims at providing a “common currency” for classifying food security. By using a common scale, which is comparable across countries, the tool is designed to make it easier for donors, agencies and governments to identify priorities for intervention before they become catastrophic. The IPC web...
- A methodology for measuring the impact of development interventions on food security
- R.,M. Saleth; A. Dinar; S. Neubert / International Water Management Institute, 2007
- Governments and development agencies constantly plan, implement, and evaluate various development interventions, and there is an understandable concern over the actual impacts that these interventions generate. This paper present...
- How can responses to emerging food insecurity crises be improved?
- E. Mathys / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2007
- In geographic areas and populations chronically vulnerable to food insecurity, early warning and response (EWR) systems can provide necessary information to help modify programme interventions and increase resources in response to sho...
- Cash transfers reduce inequality but not enough to break poverty cycle
- F.V. Soares; R.P. Ribas; R.G. Osório / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
- Created in 2004, Brazil's Bolsa Familia programme consists of monthly cash transfers to poor households with children or pregnant women and unconditional transfers to extremely poor households. This paper examines how successfully and...
- How to effect successful cash transfer programming
- International Committee of the Red Cross, 2006
- This document presents a guide to cash transfer programming. It looks to ascertain whether a cash programme is an appropriate response – and if appropriate a practical, step-by-step guide how to design and implement a cash ...
- Direct cash transfers should be considered as an alternative to in-kind aid
- S. Davies; J. Davey / Munich Re, 2007
- This paper analyses the impact of the Dowa Emergency Cash Transfer (DECT) programme in Dowa, Malawi, on the local economy. The programme consisted of cash transfers to households over a duration of five months. Transfers were adjusted...
- World Bank and IMF must fully analyse impacts before embarking on action
- E. Stuart / European Network on Debt and Development, 2007
- Do the World Bank and the IMF fully consider how their advice might affect the lives of the poor? This paper contends that both institutions should ensure that before they recommend a course of action, they analyse its impacts on poor...
- Who will be left behind by the MDGs?
- A., U. Ahmed; R., V. Hill; L., C. Smith / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
- Despite considerable progress in poverty reduction in the past decade, millions of people around the world remain preoccupied solely with survival, and hunger is a reality in their everyday lives. This paper examines the first Millenn...
- Social protection in southern Africa: lessons from 20 case studies
- S. Devereux; F. Ellis; P. White / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008
- This series of briefs provides a regional synthesis of findings of 12 thematic studies and 20 individual case studies of social transfer schemes undertaken by the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) in southern Africa. ...
- Ill health, malnutrition and ultra-poverty in Africa: the need for integrated approaches
- C., B. Barrett / Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2008
- Millennium Development Goal number 1 is to halve extreme poverty ($1/day per person) and hunger. Progress toward this goal has been excellent at global level, led by China and India, but largely insufficient in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA...
- A methodology for measuring the impact of development interventions on food security
- R.,M. Saleth; A. Dinar; S. Neubert / International Water Management Institute, 2007
- Governments and development agencies constantly plan, implement, and evaluate various development interventions, and there is an understandable concern over the actual impacts that these interventions generate. This paper present...
- How can responses to emerging food insecurity crises be improved?
- E. Mathys / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2007
- In geographic areas and populations chronically vulnerable to food insecurity, early warning and response (EWR) systems can provide necessary information to help modify programme interventions and increase resources in response to sho...
- Cash transfers reduce inequality but not enough to break poverty cycle
- F.V. Soares; R.P. Ribas; R.G. Osório / International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
- Created in 2004, Brazil's Bolsa Familia programme consists of monthly cash transfers to poor households with children or pregnant women and unconditional transfers to extremely poor households. This paper examines how successfully and...
- How to effect successful cash transfer programming
- International Committee of the Red Cross, 2006
- This document presents a guide to cash transfer programming. It looks to ascertain whether a cash programme is an appropriate response – and if appropriate a practical, step-by-step guide how to design and implement a cash ...
- Direct cash transfers should be considered as an alternative to in-kind aid
- S. Davies; J. Davey / Munich Re, 2007
- This paper analyses the impact of the Dowa Emergency Cash Transfer (DECT) programme in Dowa, Malawi, on the local economy. The programme consisted of cash transfers to households over a duration of five months. Transfers were adjusted...
- World Bank and IMF must fully analyse impacts before embarking on action
- E. Stuart / European Network on Debt and Development, 2007
- Do the World Bank and the IMF fully consider how their advice might affect the lives of the poor? This paper contends that both institutions should ensure that before they recommend a course of action, they analyse its impacts on poor...
- Who will be left behind by the MDGs?
- A., U. Ahmed; R., V. Hill; L., C. Smith / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
- Despite considerable progress in poverty reduction in the past decade, millions of people around the world remain preoccupied solely with survival, and hunger is a reality in their everyday lives. This paper examines the first Millenn...
- Adaptation and development: the need for integrated approaches
- H. McGray; A. Hammill; R. Bradley / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2007
- As leaders begin to consider policies and measures to respond to mounting climate effects, it is critical that adaptation efforts be designed to reach the poorest communities to safeguard their development efforts. This paper reviews ...
- Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Website (IPC)
- The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) is a standardised tool that aims at providing a “common currency” for classifying food security. By using a common scale, which is comparable across countries, the tool is designed to make it easier for donors, agencies and governments to identify priorities for intervention before they become catastrophic. The IPC web...
