Social protection
- Food security strategies during the Bangladesh floods
- C. del Ninno; P.A. Dorosh; L.C. Smith; D.K. Roy / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This report, based on data from a survey of 757 rural households in seven flood-affected regions (thanas ) and on analysis of secondary data on food grain markets, describes how government policy, well-functioning private markets, hou...
- Review of effectiveness of school feeding programs
- Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- Evaluation of USDA's implemention of food for education programmes. It found that: In general, research and expert views on the effectiveness of school feeding programs indicate that the programs are more likely ...
- Extension of government programmes vital to maintain food security
- P. Bhargava / Institute of Development Studies Jaipur, India, 2002
- This paper studies two aspects of food security in Rajasthan availability and access to food for households. The government ensures food security at the household level in two ways: through the Public Distribution System (PDS) and thr...
- Limitation of children as support networks for poor and frail elderly people in Java
- E. Schroder-Butterfill; P. Kreager / Oxford Institute of Ageing, 2002
- The limitations of state provision in developing countries have meant that research on elderly welfare has more or less inevitably focussed on support available via family systems. The short answer to the question “What help exis...
- Can social safety nets contribute to poverty reduction in Africa?
- Stephen Devereux / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001
- What effect do social safety nets have on poverty – on food security, trade, gender, and social relations? A recent Institute of Development Studies report suggests that the impact is far more wide-ranging and profound than previ...
- Livelihoods and security issues in Malawi
- M. Whiteside / Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 1999
- Ganyu is widely used in Malawi to describe a range of short term rural labour relationships, the most common of which is piecework weeding or ridging on the fields of other smallholders or on agricultural estates. Ganyu is a crucial p...
- Poverty decline in Jordan related to inquality decline
- R. A. Shaban; D. Abu-Ghaida; A. Al-Naimat / Workshop on the Analysis of Poverty and its Determinants in the MENA Region, 2001
- The purpose of this report is to draw lessons for improving the policy design of poverty alleviation schemes in Jordan. The conclusions herein are based on analyses of trends in consumption poverty in Jordan and assessment of the impa...
- Bad news for the urban poor
- J. Levinsohn; S. Berry; J. Friedman / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 1999
- Did the recent financial crisis in Indonesia result in dramatic price increases? In the Indonesian case the very poor appear the most vulnerable. The results emphasize the importance of heterogeneity when measuring the impact of the I...
- Affordability of safety net programmes is a normative and political judgement
- S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
- This study examined the design and impacts of cash transfer programmes in three southern Africa countries. Design choices such as targeting, transfer levels and transfer mode (cash or food) require sensitivity by policy-makers and par...
- Lives of poor people are most affected by actions at the country level
- African Development Bank, 2000
- This report was prepared for the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000 by a consortium of multilateral finance organizations including African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Developm...
- Extension of government programmes vital to maintain food security
- P. Bhargava / Institute of Development Studies Jaipur, India, 2002
- This paper studies two aspects of food security in Rajasthan availability and access to food for households. The government ensures food security at the household level in two ways: through the Public Distribution System (PDS) and thr...
- Limitation of children as support networks for poor and frail elderly people in Java
- E. Schroder-Butterfill; P. Kreager / Oxford Institute of Ageing, 2002
- The limitations of state provision in developing countries have meant that research on elderly welfare has more or less inevitably focussed on support available via family systems. The short answer to the question “What help exis...
- Can social safety nets contribute to poverty reduction in Africa?
- Stephen Devereux / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001
- What effect do social safety nets have on poverty – on food security, trade, gender, and social relations? A recent Institute of Development Studies report suggests that the impact is far more wide-ranging and profound than previ...
- Livelihoods and security issues in Malawi
- M. Whiteside / Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 1999
- Ganyu is widely used in Malawi to describe a range of short term rural labour relationships, the most common of which is piecework weeding or ridging on the fields of other smallholders or on agricultural estates. Ganyu is a crucial p...
- Poverty decline in Jordan related to inquality decline
- R. A. Shaban; D. Abu-Ghaida; A. Al-Naimat / Workshop on the Analysis of Poverty and its Determinants in the MENA Region, 2001
- The purpose of this report is to draw lessons for improving the policy design of poverty alleviation schemes in Jordan. The conclusions herein are based on analyses of trends in consumption poverty in Jordan and assessment of the impa...
- Bad news for the urban poor
- J. Levinsohn; S. Berry; J. Friedman / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 1999
- Did the recent financial crisis in Indonesia result in dramatic price increases? In the Indonesian case the very poor appear the most vulnerable. The results emphasize the importance of heterogeneity when measuring the impact of the I...
- Affordability of safety net programmes is a normative and political judgement
- S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
- This study examined the design and impacts of cash transfer programmes in three southern Africa countries. Design choices such as targeting, transfer levels and transfer mode (cash or food) require sensitivity by policy-makers and par...
- Lives of poor people are most affected by actions at the country level
- African Development Bank, 2000
- This report was prepared for the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000 by a consortium of multilateral finance organizations including African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Developm...
- Accessing credit can lead to a decline in income for rural smallholders
- A. Diagne; M. Zeller / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
- This report analyzes the determinants of access to credit in Malawi and its impact on farm and nonfarm income and on household food security and seeks to quantify the relationship between the demand for formal loans and that for infor...
- What lessons can be learnt from the Vietnamese success story?
- N. Minot; F Golleti / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
- The main objective of this report is to examine the new set of food policy issues facing Viet Nam as a result of its transformation into a major rice exporter and its transition toward a market economy. In particular, the report aims ...
- 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...
