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    Protecting against poverty and vulnerability in Malawi

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Levels of poverty and vulnerability in Malawi are very high. And many poor people are vulnerable to falling deeper into poverty. A key reason is inability to cope with increasing exposure to sudden and unexpected changes (shocks). What types of social protection measures could prevent people falling deeper into poverty?
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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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    Beating the hungry season through food and cash transfers in Malawi

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Humanitarian responses to food crises usually involve providing food or cash aid. Both approaches have their limitations. In Malawi, the success of Concern Worldwide’s Food and Cash Transfers Project justifies using a complementary, flexible approach on a wider, long-term basis.
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    Cash not food: new emergency response trialed in Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Oxfam’s response to predictions of acute food insecurity in Malawi and Zambia in 2005–2006 included cash transfers as an alternative to emergency food aid. Recipients were able to purchase the equivalent of a standard food aid ration. Should cash transfers become a standard tool in the responses to hunger?
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    id21 viewpoint - a response to id21 insights #61

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Food, agriculture and the challenge of beating hunger in Africa lead the international development agenda today. But these are not new issues: Africa has been falling behind on all key development indicators for decades. It is clear that Africa urgently requires new solutions.
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    Achieving food security in southern Africa: policy issues and options

    Overseas Development Institute, 2004
    This paper synthesises the findings to date of ODI’s Forum for Food Security in Southern Africa.
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    No small change: Oxfam GB Malawi and Zambia emergency cash transfer projects - a synthesis of key learning

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006
    In response to predictions of an impending food crisis in southern Africa in 2005 - 2006, Oxfam deployed a relief response. As an alternative to emergency food aid, the agency undertook cash transfer schemes in both Malawi and Zambia.
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    Is cash the best way to assist poor and vulnerable people?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In the face of chronic poverty, food insecurity and increasing HIV and AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of cash transfers for reaching vulnerable children and households. A variety of cash transfer schemes are being piloted. Should they be scaled-up?
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    A vicious cycle: AIDS, famine and poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Smallholder peasant families in Malawi face two major risks: AIDS and famine. Malawi has the eighth highest prevalence of HIV and AIDS in the world. It is also prone to food shortage and experienced a major famine in 2001-02.
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    Agricultural recovery from disasters – the importance of seed-based support

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Ensuring farmers have seed is an essential part of emergency aid strategies in Africa. But how effective are these strategies, and who benefits from them?

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