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Can Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes? Evidence from El Salvador’s Comunidades Solidarias Rurales
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A. de Brauw
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2011
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Although conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are traditionally evaluated in relation to child schooling and nutrition outcomes, there is growing interest in examining maternal and reproductive health im...
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Climate change and hunger: responding to the challenge
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M. Parry;A. Evans;M.W. Rosegrant
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2009
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We regularly hear that agriculture should reduce its own significant greenhouse gas emissions. This report reviews current knowledge of the effects of climate change on hunger, and provides an over...
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2011 Global Food Policy Report
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2012
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2011 saw significantly increased support of agriculture and food policy as tools for global poverty reduction. It also brought serious challenges, most notably in the form of food price volatility, ex...
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Working multisectorally in nutrition: principles, practices, and case studies
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J. Garrett (ed);M. Natalicchio (ed);L. Bassett
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2011
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A multi-sectoral approach is arguably the most effective way to reduce malnutrition, but there is little evidence about how to implement it. This volume is an initial venture into the in-depth rese...
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Climate Risk Management through Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
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E. Nkonya
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2011
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This paper by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) explores the adaptation benefits of sustainable land and water management (SLWM) practices at the local and landscape levels base...
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Poverty reduction in a refugee-hosting economy: a natural experiment
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J.F. Maystadt
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2011
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The role of migration in reducing poverty in developing countries has been investigated mainly from the perspective of migrants and their relatives. This paper, however, reviews the way hosting hou...
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Engendering agricultural research, development, and extension
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R. Meinzen-Dick;A. Quisumbing;J. Behrman
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2011
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Gender issues in agriculture are prominent in today’s development agenda. This monograph makes a case for gender equity in the agricultural research, development, and extension (R.D&E) sy...
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Trade liberalization and poverty in the Middle East and North Africa
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N. Minot;M.A. Chemingui;M. Thomas
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2010
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The effect of agricultural trade liberalisation on poverty varies widely across countries, in part because the effect of liberalisation on agricultural prices is ambiguous. This report examines the...
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Strategies for adapting to climate change in rural sub-Saharan Africa
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M. Jonathan
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2010
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Adaptation strategies must target those populations most vulnerable to global change and equip those unable to adapt—generally the poorest—with the tools and incentives that will enable th...
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Improving diet quality and micronutrient nutrition: homestead food production in Bangladesh
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L. Iannotti;K. Cunningham;M. Ruel
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International Food Policy Research Institute ,
2009
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A critical yet often overlooked component of food security is diet quality. Even households who have access to sufficient amounts of food and calories may still lack essential micronutrients, incre...
