Social protection
- Alternative humanitarian assistance for food insecure southern Africa
- P. Harvey; K. Savage / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006
- In response to predictions of an impending food crisis in southern Africa in 2005 - 2006, Oxfam deployed a relief response. As an alternative to emergency food aid, the agency undertook cash transfer schemes in both Malawi and Zambia....
- What would be the effects of cash-transfer subsidies be on the poor in Egypt?
- M. Siam Gamal / Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2006
- This paper uses a multi-market approach to assess the impact of increased self-sufficiency in wheat and a switch to a cash-transfer subsidy on cropping patterns, food consumption, production, input use, and income. Wheat is cen...
- How important are political factors in delivering social protection?
- L. Cliffe / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2006
- This briefing suggests how key political factors for policy-making can be identified, and assesses their importance within the context of delivering social protection. The author illuminates the extent to which political forces can sh...
- Implementation of a disaster prevention, employment-generating scheme in food insecure Ethiopia
- P. J. Middlebrook / Reliefweb, 2005
- Drought, poverty, famine and war are not new to Ethiopia. Much of Ethiopia's overseas aid has come in the form of humanitarian assistance rather than direct efforts to reduce poverty and elimate widespread hunger. This paper provides ...
- Developing issues and engagements in malnutrition
- World Bank, 2006
- Malnutrition is a still an extremely serious development issue, with around a third of the developing world’s population - particularly the inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia- suffering from micronutrient deficienci...
- How effective is the South African School Nutrition Programme?
- R.A. Wildeman; N. Mbebetho / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005
- The South African School Nutrition Programme was established in 1994 to address the food needs of impoverished school children. However, researchers are divided about the policy value of the school nutrition programme, with one group ...
- Food security survey after resettlement, Angola
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2005
- The central highlands of Angola is home to most of the formerly displaced/recently returned populations of the recently abated civil war, and is also one of the most vulnerable and food insecure areas in the country. The World Food Pr...
- Tracking global progress towards MDG1
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005
- The FAO food insecurity report of 2005 focuses on the critical importance of hunger reduction, which is the explicit target of the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS) and of the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG 1) which calls for the e...
- Does humanitarian relief really cause dependency?
- P. Harvey; J. Lind / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2005
- This study explores what "dependency" means in a humanitarian context, how it is used and the implications this has for how relief is provided. It looks at the meaning, function and reality of dependency in humanitarian relief and fin...
- School feeding programmes are beneficial to children's education
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2004
- This brief discusses the effectiveness of school feeding programmes, how they address constraints to education, and how they can be scaled up. The paper argues that in-school feeding reduces short-term hunger; they provide micr...
- Alternative humanitarian assistance for food insecure southern Africa
- P. Harvey; K. Savage / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006
- In response to predictions of an impending food crisis in southern Africa in 2005 - 2006, Oxfam deployed a relief response. As an alternative to emergency food aid, the agency undertook cash transfer schemes in both Malawi and Zambia....
- What would be the effects of cash-transfer subsidies be on the poor in Egypt?
- M. Siam Gamal / Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2006
- This paper uses a multi-market approach to assess the impact of increased self-sufficiency in wheat and a switch to a cash-transfer subsidy on cropping patterns, food consumption, production, input use, and income. Wheat is cen...
- How important are political factors in delivering social protection?
- L. Cliffe / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2006
- This briefing suggests how key political factors for policy-making can be identified, and assesses their importance within the context of delivering social protection. The author illuminates the extent to which political forces can sh...
- Implementation of a disaster prevention, employment-generating scheme in food insecure Ethiopia
- P. J. Middlebrook / Reliefweb, 2005
- Drought, poverty, famine and war are not new to Ethiopia. Much of Ethiopia's overseas aid has come in the form of humanitarian assistance rather than direct efforts to reduce poverty and elimate widespread hunger. This paper provides ...
- Developing issues and engagements in malnutrition
- World Bank, 2006
- Malnutrition is a still an extremely serious development issue, with around a third of the developing world’s population - particularly the inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia- suffering from micronutrient deficienci...
- How effective is the South African School Nutrition Programme?
- R.A. Wildeman; N. Mbebetho / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005
- The South African School Nutrition Programme was established in 1994 to address the food needs of impoverished school children. However, researchers are divided about the policy value of the school nutrition programme, with one group ...
- Food security survey after resettlement, Angola
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2005
- The central highlands of Angola is home to most of the formerly displaced/recently returned populations of the recently abated civil war, and is also one of the most vulnerable and food insecure areas in the country. The World Food Pr...
- Tracking global progress towards MDG1
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005
- The FAO food insecurity report of 2005 focuses on the critical importance of hunger reduction, which is the explicit target of the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS) and of the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG 1) which calls for the e...
- Does humanitarian relief really cause dependency?
- P. Harvey; J. Lind / Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2005
- This study explores what "dependency" means in a humanitarian context, how it is used and the implications this has for how relief is provided. It looks at the meaning, function and reality of dependency in humanitarian relief and fin...
- School feeding programmes are beneficial to children's education
- United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2004
- This brief discusses the effectiveness of school feeding programmes, how they address constraints to education, and how they can be scaled up. The paper argues that in-school feeding reduces short-term hunger; they provide micr...
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