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  Handbook for defining and setting up a Food Security Information and Early Warning System (FSIEWS)

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2001

  The aim of this handbook is to describe the FSIEWS (Food Security and Early Warning Information System) method for the benefit of the community of governmental and non-governmental actors engaged in the fight against hunger.The handbook is divided into three main parts: definitions of the main aspects of the FSIEWS method (definitions, description of national and international contexts
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  Wages of war, wages of peace: food prices and unskilled labour pay in Afghanistan, 1996-2002

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2002

  This paper contains the main results of a FAO study on staple food prices and real wages in Afghanistan during the period 1996-2002, based on information systematically collected weekly by WFP in all major cities (Kabul, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Heart, Mazar-e-Sharif and Faizabad). The main conclusion of the study are: Large fluctuations have been registered in food prices.
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  More calories or more diversity?: an econometric evaluation of the impact of the PROGRESA and PROCAMPO transfer programs on food security in rural Mexico

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2002

  This paper examines the PROGRESA and PROCAMPO cash transfer programs in Mexico and evaluates their impact on household food security and nutrition.
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  Iraq: humanitarian and reconstruction assistance

  US Agency for International Development, 2003

  This factsheet lists the background humanitarian situation in Iraq before the 2003 war and recent assessments by area and sector. Areas include:Umm QasrAl BasrahNorthern IraqSectors assessed are:Food SecurityInternally Displaced Persons (IDPs)RefugeesHealthU.S. Government ResponsePre-PositioningEmergency ReliefReconstruction
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  Development Gateway Spotlight on Intellectual Property Rights

  Development Gateway, 2003

  In honor of Intellectual Property Day 2003 this Development Gateway feature considers what lies ahead for developing countries as they implement IPRs, including the potential threat that IPR pose to food security in Africa, issues behind Trade Related Intellectual Property (TRIPs), and the role of NGOs in intellectual property dialogues.The Spotlight features comprehensive information and reso
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  Foreign aid and consumption smoothing: evidence from global food aid

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2003

  This paper evaluates the effectiveness of food aid as a specific component of foreign aid.
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  IPRs, biotechnology and food security

  Gapresearch.org, IDS, 2002

  This paper examines the development and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) at the international and national level and the impacts of IPRs on biotechnology, agricultural practices and food security concerns in the context of globalisation.
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  Education for rural development in Asia: experiences and policy lessons

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2002

  This documents the proceedings of a seminar held in 2002 in Bangkok in Thailand to address current issues in rural education.
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  Recommendations on the role of nutrition, food supplements and traditional herbal therapies in promoting good health and combating diseases including HIV/AIDS.

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This is a brief statement published following the SADC Health Ministerial Consultative Meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 20-21 January 2003.The meeting of Ministers deliberated on strategies to urgently and effectively address the prevailing HIV/AIDS situation in the SADC region and the current food crisis.
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  Impact of war on Iraq

  Eldis Questioning Development Resource Guide, 2003

  Collection of documents forecasting the humanitarian consequences of the current war on Iraq.Common to these are assertions that: as a result of 12 years of sanctions, the Iraqi population is far more vulnerable to war than it was before the last Gulf warwar will likely cause the collapse of the oil-for-food programme on which 60% of Iraqis are dependentdestruction or disablemen

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