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  Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the implications of the AIDS pandemic for food aid strategy and programming.
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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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  Farming assets in North Wälo: statistics, maps and impressions from a travel to North Wälo, October 2000

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002

  The report is based on information collected in the aftermath of the 1999 famine. It presents some basic information on North Wälo, as well as relevant impressions from the authors journey. Statistics from the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission show that all of North Wälo is exposed to famine, but the picture varies much from year to year.
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  Ending the handout mentality: putting participation into emergency responses

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Are aid agencies mistaken in thinking that conflicts are not the norm? During complex political emergencies, aid agencies prioritise tackling food insecurity but do they also reflect on the developmental consequences of the way they provide food aid? Could the humanitarian community do more to involve aid recipients and to build local capacity in the midst of conflict?
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  Why is southern Africa hungry?: the roots of southern Africa's food crisis

  Christian Aid, 2003

  This paper, based on Christian Aid's submission to the House of Commons International Select Committee on International Development, takes an in-depth look at the causes of southern Africa's crisis and looks to ‘real’ solutions beyond the continuation of the humanitarian relief effort.Issues addressed include:Chronic poverty - Food shortages are endemic among subsistence farmers
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  Overview of the world food situation: food security: new risks and new opportunities

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This speech by IFPRI Director General Joachim von Braun was prepared for the Annual General Meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Nairobi, October 29, 2003).
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  Impacts of agricultural research on poverty: findings of an integrated economic and social analysis

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper examines how agricultural technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse livelihood strategies, vulnerability context, relations of gender and power, and other conditions of the poor. It reports findings of a CGIAR research project including seven case studies of different types of agricultural research:

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