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  World Development Report 2008: agriculture for development

  World Development Report, World Bank, 2007

  Three out of every four poor people in developing countries live in rural areas, and most of them depend directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods. This year’s edition of the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) highlights the importance of agriculture for achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.
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  Women and food crises: how US food aid policies can better support their struggles

  ActionAid International, 2007

  Women are often at the centre of food crises and are disproportionately affected by hunger, yet their central role in providing solutions is often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of the key issues in modern food crises, discusses the role of food aid in addressing them and explores opportunities for engaging women more actively in food aid policy.
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  Land in Africa: market asset or secure livelihood?

  Human Settlements Programme, 2004

  This document summarises the proceedings from a conference organised by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) , Natural Resource insitute (NRI) and the Royal African Society in November 2004.The conference brought together a wide range of interest groups including, African policy makers, academics and civil society representatives, as well as representatives of the private
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  An Phu integrated community development project: final evaluation phase 1: 2000 - 2004

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005

  This report presents the main findings of the final evaluation of the first phase of the An Phu integrated community development project.
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  Livelihoods, growth, and links to market towns in 15 Ethiopian villages

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  Contrary to the popular belief that rural and urban areas are essentially separate entities, this papers examines the important links that exist between the two. Despite the many potential benefits, the importance of local and regional urban centres to rural livelihoods remains largely under-researched.
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  Impact of sustainable livelihoods approaches on poverty reduction

  Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Document Repository, 2005

  This paper identifies specific examples where applications of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) had succeeded in reducing rural poverty.The study focused on whether the 12 country cases studies (in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Gambia, Honduras, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Yemen, and Zambia) achieved positive changes in indicators of poverty reduction such as increa
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  Rural livelihood diversity in developing countries: evidence and policy implications

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999

  Examines livelihood diversification as a survival strategy of rural households in developing countries. Although still of central importance, farming on its own is increasingly unable to provide a sufficient means of survival in rural areas.

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