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Anticipating and responding to drought emergencies in southern Africa: lessons from the 2002-2003 experience
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005The paper suggests that nutritional monitoring needs to be complemented by information on the sustainability of household coping behaviour. Unfortunately, very little such information has become publicly available. Food prices and market impacts varied widely across the region.DocumentFood aid that supports development: searching for appropriate policies
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Critics argue that food aid leads to dependency and decreased grain production. However, it remains an important part of donor assistance to southern Africa.DocumentThe southern Africa crisis: food insecurity, HIV/AIDS and the international response
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005In 2002, a crisis threatened southern Africa, with food insecurity occurring in a region seriously affected by HIV/AIDS. The humanitarian response focused on food aid but paid insufficient attention to public health. Health was seen as a long-term developmental issue that could not be addressed by short-term humanitarian action.DocumentThe governance dimensions of food security in Malawi
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005This report presents findings and conclusions from a governance and food security assessment of Malawi.DocumentUsing empirical information in the era of HIV/AIDS to inform mitigation and rural development strategies: selected results from African country studies
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005This study looks at the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the socioeconomic impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa on the agricultural sector.DocumentSouthern Africa's food and humanitarian crisis of 2001 - 04: causes and lessons
Agricultural Economics Society, UK, 2005This paper outlines the crisis and responses to Southern Africa's food and humanitarian crisis (2001-4), examining both immediate triggers and underlying factors.DocumentCommunity-managed targeting and distribution of food aid: a review of the experience of Save the Children UK in sub-Saharan Africa
Save the Children Fund, 2004This paper compares and evaluates how the Community-Managed Targeting and Distribution (CMTD) has been applied in Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Malawi.The Tanzania programme was designed to protect livelihoods in populations facing recurring adverse seasons; the Malawi programme aimed to prevent nutritional deterioration in what was perceived to be a rapidly worsening food security crisis; and the ZimDocumentThe differential effects on rural income and poverty during a decade of radical change in Malawi
BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program, 2004This paper reports on a study of rural families in a densely populated area of Malawi, tracking how families have moved up or down in relation to income and welfare from 1986 to 1997. The timing of the study was significant, as major liberalisation policies affecting small-holders were put into place from 1987 onwards.DocumentManual for the provision of general food distributions during emergency programmes in Malawi
Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, 2003This manual by the Joint Emergency Food Aid Programme (JEFAP) sets out guidelines for food distribution in Malawi during emergency programmes. It aims to provide guidance for those involved in the Joint Emergency Food Aid Programme (JEFAP) general food distribution programme in Malawi.DocumentThe poverty targeting efficiency of public works programs: an application of poverty mapping in Malawi
Poverty Mapping, 2002This paper attempts to evaluate the usefulness of poverty mapping techniques for the targeting of public works programmes.Pages