Social protection and safety nets
- Emergency cash transfer projects: a synthesis of key learning
- This paper presents an evaluation of emergency cash-transfer endeavours in Malawi and Zambia, providing key lessons for the use of such transfers in both short-term humanitarian crises and longer-term development programmes. The evaluation finds that for both countries the vast majority of the cash allocated was spent on food, although some people made small but sometimes crucial non-food expenditures.
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- Improving diet quality and micronutrient nutrition: homestead food production in Bangladesh
- ( L. Iannotti;K. Cunningham;M. Ruel / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2012)
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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...
- Discrimination and food rights
- ( UN Human Rights Council , 2010)
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This study on discrimination in the context of the right to food was produced for the fourth session of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council held in February 2010. The study c...
- Taking a multi pronged approach to tackling food insecurity in Arab countries
- ( J. Lampietti;N. Magnan;S. Michaels;et al. / World Bank Publications , 2009)
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Arab countries are more exposed than other countries to severe swings in agricultural commodity prices due to the high level of food imports, especially cereals, and continued population growth and...
- Livelihoods programming in the context of emergencies
- ( S. Jaspars / Emergency Nutrition Network , 2006)
- This article begins with an overview of livelihoods programming in the context of emergencies; an increasingly popular approach, going beyond a focus on food aid alone. In general there is a lack of w...
Why do some people in the US continue to struggle with inadequate food supplies?
- ( C. Kaiser / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy , 2008)
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Since the late 1930s, the United States government has recognised hunger and malnutrition as a condition that affects people at all income levels, inside and outside of their homes. Today...
- Improving food crisis response in fragile states: towards a common classification framework?
- ( C. Andrews;M. Flores / United Nations University , 2008)
- This paper examines the imperative for improved classification and analysis of food crises in different fragile contexts. Recognising the persistence and protracted nature of food crises, the paper qu...
- 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 Pro...
How should world leaders respond to the current food crisis?
- ( A. Fraser;F. Mousseau / Oxfam , 2008)
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Global food prices are up 83% compared with three years ago and it is estimated that current food price levels constitute an immediate threat to the livelihoods of around 290 million people. This b...
Drought response in Ethiopia: towards more timely, appropriate interventions
- ( S. Pantuliano;M. Wekesa / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2008)
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This study provides an overview of the timing, appropriateness and efficacy of interventions in response to the drought that affected the pastoral lowlands of Ethiopia in 2005/2006. It identifies m...
Consumer price subsidies and nutrition: results from two Chinese provinces
- ( R., T. Jensen;N., H. Miller / Center for International Development, Harvard University , 2008)
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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...
