Social protection
- Consumer price subsidies and nutrition: results from two Chinese provinces
- R., T. Jensen; N., H. Miller / Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2008
- Many developing countries use food price subsidies or price controls to improve the nutrition of the poor. However, subsidising goods on which households spend a high proportion of their budget can create large wealth effects. Consume...
- Do small farmers hold the answer to the global food crisis?
- Vía Campesina, 2008
- The causes of the current world food crisis are complex, with recent coverage pointing to the impact of agrofuels, increasing world demand and global warming, among other factors. In this article, international peasant movement La Via...
- What can the international community do to help developing countries deal with rising food prices?
- International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008
- Prepared by the FAO, IFAD and WEP for the meeting of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination on 28-29 April in Berne, Switzerland, this paper argues that the rapid price increase of basic food commodities internationally poses a s...
- What can be done to combat rising food prices?
- J. von Braun / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- The sharp increase in food prices over the past couple of years has led to increasingly serious concerns about the situation of people around the world. This policy brief aims to identify what needs to be done now to address...
- Establishing basic principles to guide decision-making in emergency situations
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2006
- Targeting is a process that spans the life of a food aid operation, not just the initial phases of identifying beneficiaries. Finding the right balance between inclusion and exclusion errors, opportunity costs and programme costs is a...
- Rising food prices: time for a revolution in global food policy?
- A. Evans / Child Rights Information Network, 2008
- Parties to the convention on biological diversity are committed to the preparation of a biodiversity strategy and action plan. However, studies have show that methodological resources to facilitate work with the new, complex and multisector...
- Social protection key to mitigating famine
- R. Menon / Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2007
- Reports of a devastating famine in Malawi first surfaced as rumors whispered in rural areas in the country around October 2001. However, little was done by way of action, despite warnings from expert civil society groups. This paper e...
- How is the changing world food situation affecting the poor, and what can be done about it?
- J. von Braun / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- The world food situation is being rapidly redefined, as income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalisation, and urbanisation transform food consumption, production, and markets. This paper provides an overview of the the...
- 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...
- What roles can emerging democratic local governments play in reducing food insecurity?
- A. Bonfiglioli / United Nations Capital Development Fund, 2007
- Food insecurity dramatically affects millions of people both in rural areas and in urban centers of poor countries, with unacceptable human, economic, social and political consequences. This book highlights the specific roles tha...
- Consumer price subsidies and nutrition: results from two Chinese provinces
- R., T. Jensen; N., H. Miller / Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2008
- Many developing countries use food price subsidies or price controls to improve the nutrition of the poor. However, subsidising goods on which households spend a high proportion of their budget can create large wealth effects. Consume...
- Do small farmers hold the answer to the global food crisis?
- Vía Campesina, 2008
- The causes of the current world food crisis are complex, with recent coverage pointing to the impact of agrofuels, increasing world demand and global warming, among other factors. In this article, international peasant movement La Via...
- What can the international community do to help developing countries deal with rising food prices?
- International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008
- Prepared by the FAO, IFAD and WEP for the meeting of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination on 28-29 April in Berne, Switzerland, this paper argues that the rapid price increase of basic food commodities internationally poses a s...
- What can be done to combat rising food prices?
- J. von Braun / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- The sharp increase in food prices over the past couple of years has led to increasingly serious concerns about the situation of people around the world. This policy brief aims to identify what needs to be done now to address...
- Establishing basic principles to guide decision-making in emergency situations
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2006
- Targeting is a process that spans the life of a food aid operation, not just the initial phases of identifying beneficiaries. Finding the right balance between inclusion and exclusion errors, opportunity costs and programme costs is a...
- Rising food prices: time for a revolution in global food policy?
- A. Evans / Child Rights Information Network, 2008
- Global food prices have risen 83 per cent over the last three years, with significant impacts for the world's poorest people. This briefing paper focuses on what this important change means for international development. It assesses t...
- Social protection key to mitigating famine
- R. Menon / Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2007
- Reports of a devastating famine in Malawi first surfaced as rumors whispered in rural areas in the country around October 2001. However, little was done by way of action, despite warnings from expert civil society groups. This paper e...
- How is the changing world food situation affecting the poor, and what can be done about it?
- J. von Braun / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
- The world food situation is being rapidly redefined, as income growth, climate change, high energy prices, globalisation, and urbanisation transform food consumption, production, and markets. This paper provides an overview of the the...
- 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...
- What roles can emerging democratic local governments play in reducing food insecurity?
- A. Bonfiglioli / United Nations Capital Development Fund, 2007
- Food insecurity dramatically affects millions of people both in rural areas and in urban centers of poor countries, with unacceptable human, economic, social and political consequences. This book highlights the specific roles tha...
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