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  Food stamps, food security and public health: lessons from Minnesota

  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2008

  Since the late 1930s, the United States government has recognised hunger and malnutrition as a condition that affects people at all income levels, inside and outside of their homes. Today’s government continues to recognise and act upon the need for food and nutrition support systems.
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  Regional Evidence Building Agenda (REBA) Thematic Briefs

  Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008

  This series of briefs provides a regional synthesis of findings of 12 thematic studies and 20 individual case studies of social transfer schemes undertaken by the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) in southern Africa.
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  High food prices: impact and recommendations

  International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008

  Prepared by the FAO, IFAD and WEP for the meeting of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination on 28-29 April in Berne, Switzerland, this paper argues that the rapid price increase of basic food commodities internationally poses a serious threat to food security in developing countries.
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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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  Fighting hunger and poverty in Ethiopia

  Reliefweb, 2005

  Drought, poverty, famine and war are not new to Ethiopia. Much of Ethiopia's overseas aid has come in the form of humanitarian assistance rather than direct efforts to reduce poverty and elimate widespread hunger.
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  Reviewing ten years of the School Nutrition Programme

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  The South African School Nutrition Programme was established in 1994 to address the food needs of impoverished school children. However, researchers are divided about the policy value of the school nutrition programme, with one group wishing to expand the programme whilst the other advocates limiting its scope.
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  Designing and evaluating social safety nets: theory, evidence and policy conclusions

  2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This paper reviews the literature on the performance of commonly found social safety net programmes in developing countries.
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  Food-for-work for poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable land use: can it work?

  Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper assesses the potential of Food-For-Work (FFW) programs to reduce poverty and promote sustainable land use in the longer run. The study uses empirical evidence and an applied bio-economic farm household model in northern Ethiopia.The paper concludes that FFW projects have the potential of contributing to long term development in economies characterised by imperfect markets.
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  The poverty targeting efficiency of public works programs: an application of poverty mapping in Malawi

  Poverty Mapping, 2002

  This paper attempts to evaluate the usefulness of poverty mapping techniques for the targeting of public works programmes.
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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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