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  Widening non-farm employment opportunities in Madhya Pradesh

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Rural non-farm employment (RNFE) has an increasing role to play in areas where populations are rising and natural resources are being depleted. While it is generally agreed that a dynamic agricultural sector is important for the development of RNFE, there is a risk that policies assist those who are already relatively well-off rather than the poorest.
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  Leveraging food security with food aid: the role of applied policy research

  Bioline, 2001

  This paper describes ways in which applied policy research can contribute to improving the food security impact of food aid. It argues that new ways of conducting applied policy research must be combined with new ways of acting upon the information generated, if food aid is to work for lasting food security.
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  An integrated economic and social analysis to assess the impact of vegetable and fishpond technologies on poverty in rural Bangladesh

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This study examines the poverty reduction implications of the introduction of three different agricultural technologies by government and NGOs in three rural sites across Bangladesh.The technologies looked at are: new vegetable seeds developed by AVRDC (the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center) that were introduced in Saturia by a local NGO to women owning small amounts of land, base
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  Malawi's food crisis: causes and solutions

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003

  This brief report examines the assumptions that the 2001-2003 food crisis in Malawi was the result of poor management of grain reserves, corruption and a severe drought. It argues that these often-cited ‘causes’ are partial explanations at best.
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government sponsored programme in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, quality childcare within their community.
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  Gender and sustainable development in drylands: an analysis of field experiences

  Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2003

  With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland management based on an analysis of field experiences in Africa and Asia.
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  Poverty and survival strategies in Ethiopia during economic reform

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2000

  This report summarises the activities and findings of a CSAE study which examined the consequences of the economic reform programme on poverty and survival strategies in Ethiopia since 1989, with an emphasis on the rural economy.Based on a very detailed household panel data set, the study attempted to disentangle the effects of random events, such as good weather, from the effects of the reform
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  The profits of famine: Southern Africa's long decade of hunger

  Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2002

  This article explores the causes of famine and chronic malnutrition in Southern Africa.
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  In-kind transfers and household food consumption: implications for targeted food programs in Bangladesh

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper examines the impact of wheat transfers and cash incomes on wheat consumption and wheat markets. It uses data from a 1998/99 survey of rural households in Bangladesh to econometrically estimate marginal propensities to consume (MPCs) out of wheat transfers in several distribution programs.
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  Targeting food insecure households: an Indian experiment

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper presents an alternative, participatory approach to the identification of food insecure households at the community level. This approach is introduced as a response to the different food assistance schemes currently implemented by the Government of India, which show a lacklustre performance due to inappropriate targeting.

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