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  Food aid and child nutrition in rural Ethiopia

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper uses a unique panel data set from Ethiopia to examine the determinants of participation in and receipts of food aid through free distribution (FD) and food-for-work (FFW).
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  Risk sharing and public transfers

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2002

  This paper investigates public transfers in the form of food aid for farm households in Ethiopia to test for the presence of community risk-sharing arrangements.Findings include:both perfect risk-sharing and autarky are rejected, suggesting partial risk-sharing using informal transfersthere is evidence consistent with crowding out of informal insurance linked to food aid programmes
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  Poverty, institutions, peasant band conservation investment in Northern Ethiopia

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This PhD thesis provides an econometric analysis of various aspects of the rural economy in Northern Ethiopia.The thesis consists of five papers:an in-depth analysis of poverty, its distribution, dynamics and its correlates within the framework of the role of economic reforms on poverty reduction in a remote, unstable and environmentally troubled regionlooks at the issue of the effi
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  The maze of maize: improving input and output market access for poor smallholders in southern African region: the experience of Zambia and Malawi

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This study evaluates the causes of the 2001-3 food crisis in Zambia and Malawi, looks at existing policies and makes recommendations to avoid future crises.The study differentiates causes of the crisis (the maize harvest shortfall in 2001, as well as to why the shortfall caused a food emergency) between: immediate causes, such as reduced plantings due to low food prices the p
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  Targeted development programmes for the extreme poor: experiences from BRAC experiments

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2002

  This paper, published by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), analyses Income Generation for Vulnerable Group Development (IGVGD), a programme initiated by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) which aimed to link food aid with training, savings and credit.
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  Food security and public distribution system in Rajasthan

  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 through ensuring entitlements of poor households through programmes such as 'Food for Work'.
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  Appraising Workfare

  World Bank Research Observer, 1999

  Workfare programs aim to reduce poverty by providing low-wage work to those who need it. They are often turned to in a crisis. This article offers some simple analytical tools that can be used to rapidly appraise the cost-effectiveness of an existing workfare operation as a basis for deciding whether the program should be expanded.
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  Global poverty report 2000

  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 Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank.The report focuses on three main topics:global poverty conditions and trendsregional poverty tr
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  The response of income diversification to macro and micro policy shocks in Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya

  Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000

  This paper presents evidence on the effects of two different sorts of policy shocks on observed income diversification patterns in rural Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya.Research results:In Côte d'Ivoire, massive currency devaluation reduced farmer income diversification by inducing a reallocation of effort toward the production of tradable agricultural commodities.
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  Making less last longer: informal safety nets in Malawi

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  Examines role of informal safety nets in providing protection against livelihood shocks.Summarises state of knowledge on informal safety nets by reviewing available literature and also reporting on household survey carried out in Malawi in 1999.Key finding is that informal transfers, either between rich and poor or the poor themselves, appear to be declining over time, partly as a general co

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