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    The impact of technological change in agriculture on poverty and armed conflict

    The Borlaug Institute, 2006
    This paper addresses the role of agricultural research and technology in poverty alleviation. It also considers research priorities and the role of national and international agricultural research in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) while reducing the risk of armed conflict and international terrorism.
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    Improving food security in Arab countries

    World Bank Publications, 2009
    Arab countries are more exposed than other countries to severe swings in agricultural commodity prices due to the high level of food imports, especially cereals, and continued population growth and urbanisation. Countries need to act urgently to improve food security.
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    Moving out of poverty in Tanzania: evidence from Kagera

    Journal of Development Studies, 2009
    In order to increase the impact of poverty reduction programmes, development practitioners are increasingly attempting to understand the reasons why particular communities and individuals are able to escape from poverty, while others are not. This kind of research is most insightful when it is focuses on pathways out of poverty under particularly trying circumstances.
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    Potentials of urban horticulture for poverty reduction in Dar es Salaam: a case of Kinondoni municipal

    Eldis Poverty Resource Guide, 2009
    Although urban agriculture plays an important role in economic development, activities that support urban agriculture are rarely included in programmes for urban development and poverty reduction. Likewise, not many attempts have been made so far to provide empirical evidence related to contribution of the urban agriculture to poverty reduction.
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    Building resilience in rural communities: toolkit

    Learning for Sustainability, 2008
    How can a sense of community contribute to the resilience of individuals and groups? This toolkit is designed to be used by programme coordinators such as community workers, health professionals, and others working with individuals and groups in the community, including voluntary or commercial groups and community leaders.
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    Investing in African agriculture to halve poverty by 2015

    2008
    This discussion paper studies the agricultural spending in thirty sub-Saharan African countries that is required to achieve agricultural growth needed to meet the MDG 1 of halving poverty by 2015.
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    The rich expand, the poor contract. The paradox of macroeconomic policy in Ethiopia

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009
    While rich countries are currently spending trillions of dollars to address the effects of global economic turmoil, including demand stimulation measures, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently developed a deflationary package for Ethiopia comprising of curbs in domestic borrowing and money supply.
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    The challenge of hunger: the 2008 Global Hunger Index

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    With high food prices threatening the food security of millions of vulnerable households, hunger and malnutrition are back in the headlines. Some regions have made significant headway in combating hunger and malnutrition, but in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Global Hunger Index (GHI) remains high.
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    The rural finance landscape. A practitioner's guide

    Network Learning, 2009
    Rural finance refers to financial services such as savings, lending, insurance and remittance services provided by a variety of actors. These actors can be friends, relatives, shopkeepers, traders, money lenders, traditional savings and lending groups, microfinance programmes or banks.
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    Promoting agriculture for social protection or social protection for agriculture: strategic policy and research issues

    Future Agricultures Consortium, 2006
    Developing pro-poor policies for agricultural development is important in countries with a large rural poor. In conjunction, there is also need to focus on social protection in order to address the risk and insecurity that the rural poor face. However, current policy fails to sufficiently link agricultural with social protection policies.

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