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  Land theme paper (sustainable livelihoods)

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000

  This paper examines the challenges of institutional, organisational and policy reform around land in Southern Africa. It analyses the land situation in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and identifies key issues for further research in each of these countries. Findings include:
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  Land reform and sustainable livelihoods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This paper examines the experiences of implementation of land reform policies in the Eastern Cape through a series of case studies.It looks at how attempts at redistribution, restitution and land tenure reform have resulted in a variety of models and approaches.
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  Rural development, institutional change and livelihoods in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a case study of Mdudwa Village

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This paper looks at the case of Mdudwa village in the Eastern Cape to explore the processes and impacts of democratic decentralisation.
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  New politics, new livelihoods: changes in the Zimbabwean lowveld since the farm occupations of 2000

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This paper focuses on the political dynamics and livelihood implications of farm occupations and 'fast-track' land reform in Chiredzi district, southeast Zimbabwe.
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  Nutrition in the context of conflict and crisis

  United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition, 2002

  This newsletter brings together a collaboration of papers from the symposium on nutrition in conflict and crisis.
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  Food security and the millennium development goal on hunger in Asia

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper provides an overview of food security issues in relation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam.It identifies the key issues relating to food security in Asia, setting out progress and the prospects for achieving the MDG on hunger and analysing how these issues are likely to develop in 10 to 25 years time, in par
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  Sweet like chocolate?: making the coffee and cocoa trade work for biodiversity and livelihoods

  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 2003

  This paper studies the cases of cocoa and coffee to assess whether their systems of production and trade meet the needs and aspirations of poor rural populations in the developing world, and minimize environmental damage. Findings include:
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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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  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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  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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