Social protection
- Post-conflict Nepal needs reliable evidence-base on development to build on the solid progress already made
- B.R. Upreti; R. Mallett; B. Babajanian / Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 2012
- Nepal has made good progress against most socio-economic indicators in the aftermath of armed conflict (1996-2006), and there has been a decline in material poverty. At the same time, significant policy challenges remain and need to b...
- NGOs have failed to understand the perspective of north-western Pakistani people in their conflict-affected situation
- B. Shahbaz; Q.A. Shah; A.Q. Suleri / Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 2012
- Poverty, livelihoods, food insecurity, access to basic services, social protection and aid and governance in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan are issues that need to be closely addressed. This paper focuses on the poor livelihood s...
- Bridging the emergency – development gap in South Sudan
- D. Maxwell; K. Gelsdorf; M. Santschi / Overseas Development Institute, 2012
- The longstanding war with the north took a heavy toll on the lives and livelihoods of South Sudanese people, either those who were not displaced, or those who were displaced locally. Against this background, the current paper sheds so...
- Social protection for food security: A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
- 2012
- Social protection has risen rapidly up the development policy agenda in the last decade. There is also a clear trend to making social protection, as well as food security, ‘rights-based’ rather than ‘discretionary’...
- Possible impacts of introducing a universal pension in Tanzania
- T. Mboghoina; L. Osberg / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2011
- This brief summarises the findings of a study on social protection of elderly in Tanzania. The study began by analysing the current status of living arrangements and material well-being of Tanzanians over 60 years of age. It then asse...
- Initial Conditions and Changes in Commercial Fertilizers under the Farm Input Subsidy Programme
- E. Chirwa, A. Dorward and M. Matita / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Full title: Initial Conditions and Changes in Commercial Fertilizers under the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi: Implications for Graduation Working Paper 30 by Ephraim W. Chirwa, Andrew Dorward and Mirriam Matita ...
- Conceptualising Graduation from Agricultural Input Subsidies in Malawi
- E. Chirwa, A. Dorward and M. Matita / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Working Paper 29 by Ephraim W. Chirwa, Andrew Dorward and Mirriam Matita The government of Malawi has been implementing a large-scale Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) since 2005/06 as an intervention aimed at improving ...
- Agricultural labour productivity and food prices: Fundamental development impacts and indicators
- A. Dorward / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 53 by Andrew Dorward This policy brief reviews historical changes in staple food prices (in terms of international grain prices) and highlights increasing agricultural labour productivity and falling food pric...
- The short and medium term impacts of rises in staple food prices
- A. Dorward / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 52 by Andrew Dorward Recent years have seen increasing average food prices, severe food price shocks (in 2007/8 and 2010/11), and increasing concerns about the impacts of food prices shocks, high food pr...
- Factors Influencing Access to Agricultural Input Subsidy Coupons in Malawi
- E. Chirwa, M. Matita and A. Dorward / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Ephraim W. Chirwa, Mirriam Matita and Andrew Dorward December 2011 Since the 2005/06 agricultural season, the government of Malawi has been implementing a targeted agricultural input subsidy programme through the provision...
- Bridging the emergency – development gap in South Sudan
- D. Maxwell; K. Gelsdorf; M. Santschi / Overseas Development Institute, 2012
- The longstanding war with the north took a heavy toll on the lives and livelihoods of South Sudanese people, either those who were not displaced, or those who were displaced locally. Against this background, the current paper sheds so...
- Social protection for food security: A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
- 2012
- Social protection has risen rapidly up the development policy agenda in the last decade. There is also a clear trend to making social protection, as well as food security, ‘rights-based’ rather than ‘discretionary’...
- Possible impacts of introducing a universal pension in Tanzania
- T. Mboghoina; L. Osberg / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2011
- This brief summarises the findings of a study on social protection of elderly in Tanzania. The study began by analysing the current status of living arrangements and material well-being of Tanzanians over 60 years of age. It then asse...
- Initial Conditions and Changes in Commercial Fertilizers under the Farm Input Subsidy Programme
- E. Chirwa, A. Dorward and M. Matita / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Full title: Initial Conditions and Changes in Commercial Fertilizers under the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in Malawi: Implications for Graduation Working Paper 30 by Ephraim W. Chirwa, Andrew Dorward and Mirriam Matita ...
- Conceptualising Graduation from Agricultural Input Subsidies in Malawi
- E. Chirwa, A. Dorward and M. Matita / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Working Paper 29 by Ephraim W. Chirwa, Andrew Dorward and Mirriam Matita The government of Malawi has been implementing a large-scale Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) since 2005/06 as an intervention aimed at improving ...
- Agricultural labour productivity and food prices: Fundamental development impacts and indicators
- A. Dorward / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 53 by Andrew Dorward This policy brief reviews historical changes in staple food prices (in terms of international grain prices) and highlights increasing agricultural labour productivity and falling food pric...
- The short and medium term impacts of rises in staple food prices
- A. Dorward / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 52 by Andrew Dorward Recent years have seen increasing average food prices, severe food price shocks (in 2007/8 and 2010/11), and increasing concerns about the impacts of food prices shocks, high food pr...
- Factors Influencing Access to Agricultural Input Subsidy Coupons in Malawi
- E. Chirwa, M. Matita and A. Dorward / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Ephraim W. Chirwa, Mirriam Matita and Andrew Dorward December 2011 Since the 2005/06 agricultural season, the government of Malawi has been implementing a targeted agricultural input subsidy programme through the provision...
- The Political Economy of Ethiopian Cereal Seed Systems
- D. Alemu / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 48 Full title: The Political Economy of Ethiopian Cereal Seed Systems: State Control, Market Liberalisation and Decentralisation This FAC Policy Brief examines the political and economic processes governing ...
- From Farmer Participation to Pro-poor Seed Markets
- K. Amanor / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2012
- Policy Brief 47 Full title: From Farmer Participation to Pro-poor Seed Markets: The Political Economy of Commercial Cereal Seed Networks in Ghana Since the 1980s public research systems in seed production in sub-Saharan ...
- Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences (RJOAS)
- An interdisciplinary open access journal of agriculture and socio-economic studies
- Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC)
- The Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) is a six year global research programme exploring livelihoods, basic services and social protection in conflict-affected situations. Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), SLRC was established in 2011 with the aim of strengthening the evidence base and informing policy and practice around livelihoods and servic...
