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- 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...
Establishing basic principles to guide decision-making in emergency situations
- ( United Nations [UN] World Food Programme , 2006)
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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, oppor...
- Sharing lessons on national systems of food distribution
- ( Z. Zhang-Yue; W. Guanghua / , 2006)
- What are the differences between the Public Distribution Systems (PDS) of foodgrains in India and China? This paper compares these two systems and how they have helped to improve national food securit...
- 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 ...
- 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 us...
- 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 ...
- 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 depende...
- Assessing a scheme to raise the consumption levels of the extreme poor in Zambia
- ( B. Schubert / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK , 2005)
- This working paper, published by the UK Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), reviews and analyses the Kalomo Pilot Social Cash Transfer Scheme in Zambia. The scheme targeted households suffering cr...
- Performance of social safety net programmes
- ( D. Coady / 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute , 2004)
- This paper reviews the literature on the performance of commonly found social safety net programmes in developing countries. The paper highlights that:universal food subsidies have very limite...
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