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Food aid and informal insurance
Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2003This paper looks into the extent to which food aid helps to smooth consumption by reducing the impact of negative shocks, taking into account informal risk-sharing arrangements.The paper asks two questions:what determines the allocation rule of food aid in Ethiopia?DocumentEnhancing the nutritional quality of relief diets: workshop proceedings
ProNUTRITION, 1999This paper reports on a workshop addressing the issue of nutritional quality of relief foods.DocumentFood security and emergencies
Danish Institute for International Studies, 2003This paper addresses the continuing issue of food insecurity in Ethiopia.DocumentFarmers' privilege under attack
GRAIN, 2003This article from GRAIN looks at the impact of PVP (plant variety protection) legislation on farmers’ rights to save seeds, the so called ‘farmers’ privilege’.DocumentRisk and vulnerability in Ethiopia: learning from the past, responding to the present, preparing for the future
US Agency for International Development, 2003This paper aims to learn from the household survival strategies in Ethiopia that have evolved to manage diverse disaster hazards with a view that such strategies can inform more effective disaster preparedness, relief, recovery and prevention, policies and interventions.This report describes the systems that are in place that are designed for the early detection of crisis, the nature of humanitDocumentPublic health and humanitarian interventions: developing the evidence base
British Medical Journal, 2000During an emergency response, there is a tension between saving lives in the short term and promoting longer-lasting health systems development. An article in the British Medical Journal makes the case for expanding the evidence base underlying humanitarian aid.DocumentIs the UNHCR doing its job?: Combining refugee relief with local development in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Food and water deprivation, inadequate health and education facilities, prison-like restrictions on freedom of movement, ethnic and gender violence, ad-hoc justice and collective punishment: this is how Cairo- based refugee scholar Barbara Harrell-Bond recently described the plight of many refugees in UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) camps in Africa.DocumentAndhra Pradesh: the land is ours
OpenDemocracy, 2003This article argues that, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, local farmers are under pressure to embrace a future of large-scale monoculture producing crops for the global market.DocumentSeeds for survival - supplying seeds in an emergency
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Natural disasters and war wreak havoc on the economies of developing countries. Since 1980, for example, all ten countries in the Greater Horn of Africa have experienced drought or armed conflict. In recent years, people have asked: what is the best form of aid in such situations?