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    The health effects of air pollution in Delhi, India

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
    Particulate air pollution has less overall impact on nontraumatic deaths in Delhi, India, than in U.S. cities. But the deaths occur earlier in life in Delhi, which could mean a larger loss in life-years. Cropper, Simon, Alberini, and Sharma report the results of a time-series study of the impact of particulate air pollution on daily mortality in Delhi.
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    Food Security Programme, Mozambique

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1998
    Full text papers abvailable online include: WPS 6 - The Determinants of Household Income and Consumption in Rural Nampula Province: Implications for Food Security and Agricultural Policy Reform. MOA/MSU/UA Research Team (August 1992). WPS 16 - Evolution of the Rural Economy in Post-War Mozambique: Insights From a Rapid Appraisal of Monapo District of Nampula Province.
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    Grain Market Research Project, Ethiopia

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1998
    Series of full text papers on grain marketing and food security in Ethiopia. Papers include: Improving information and Performance in Grain Marketing. Tschirley D., Diskin P., Molla D. and Clay D. (September 1995).WP2 - Toward a Research Agenda to Promote Household Access to Food in Ethiopia. Jayne, T.S. and Molla D. (September 1995).
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    Smallholder Cash-Cropping, Food-Cropping Food Security in Mozambique's Cotton Belt

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1997
    As Mozambique recovers from war and undergoes economic reform, given its favorable agroecological endowment and its highly rural population, improved agricultural performance is essential to three government policy objectives: 1) smallholder income growth; 2) improved rural food security; and 3) reducing the balance of payment deficit.
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    Facilitating Seed Sector Transformation in Africa: Key Findings From the Literature

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1997
    Extensive review of seed system development literature in order to (1) understand how seed systems evolve and (2) critically review organizational and institutional strategies for improving seed systems.
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    Fertilizer in Sub-Saharan Africa: Breaking the Vicious Circle of High Prices and Low Demand

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1997
    To increase rural incomes and meet growing food demands Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) must improve agricultural productivity. SSA is the only developing region where per capita food production has been declining; the region now has the largest cereal deficits in the world. If there is no change in productivity, deficits will more than triple by 2020.
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    Seed Sector Evolution in Zambia And Zimbabwe: Has Farmer Access Improved Following Economic Reforms?

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1997
    Improving smallholder access to new crop varieties has long been recognized as a critical step for increasing agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. Adoption of improved varieties that resist pests and drought can often raise yields even when farmers are unable to adopt more costly inputs such as chemical fertilizer.
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    The Nature and Dynamics of Poverty

    Environment Department, World Bank, 2002
    The main findings from this study reveal that the: *Nature and dynamics of poverty determinants are influenced by the spatial location of households.*Post-devaluation growth period did not significantly alter the pattern of poverty determinants.*The most significant determinants of poverty over the growth period include the burden of age dependency, human and physical assets, household amenities,
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    Stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gases: physical, biological and socio-economic implications

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 1997
    Tutorial and discussion of the technical background to the stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations. Aimed at policy makers
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    Staking Their Claims: Land Disputes in Southern Mozambique

    Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997
    Conflicting interests in land and resource use emerged in postwar Mozambique, giving rise to multiple layers of dispute. This article explores the disputes occurring between 1992 and 1995 in two districts which are notable for the severity of competition over land by virtue of their proximity to Maputo, namely, Matutuíne and Namaacha.

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