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Journal articles, 2006
In developing countries poverty is generally measured with expenditure data. Such data are difficult and costly to obtain and it is generally recommended to collect them every 3-5 years. In between surveys, however, there is...
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Journal articles, 2006
Albania is a country on the move. This mobility plays a key role in household-level strategies to cope with the economic hardship of transition. With the relaxing of controls on emigration at the beginning of...
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ESA Working Paper 06-03
Working paper, 2006
Wheat is central to the government of Egypt’s food security policy which is based on increasing self-sufficiency in wheat on the one hand and subsidizing bread for consumers on the other hand. This paper uses...
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Journal articles, 2006
This paper examines the relationship between rurality and poverty, and the role the agricultural sector can play in rural development, poverty reduction, and overall development. The historical views regarding the role of the primary sector...
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Journal articles, 2006
In January 2006, the Agricultural and Development Economics Division of FAO gathered experts from around the world to a workshop to discuss major issues of relevance for rural development and rural poverty alleviation in today’s...
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Journal articles, 2006
Non-linear adjustment towards long-run equilibrium in the sugar-ethanol-oil nexus in Brazil is examined. We develop generalised bivariate error correction models that allow for cointegration between variables, where dynamic adjustments are potentially non-linear functions of the...
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Assessment of food security early warning systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Country case study, 2006
The crippling famines of the 1970s and 1980s in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which
claimed the lives of millions of people and forced millions more into destitution,
prompted the development of early warning systems (EWS) across the continent.
Governments,...
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Meeting the challenge of trade liberalization
Book/book chapter, 2006
A perpetual question on the minds of many Filipinos is “Why do we import rice, and why can’t we produce enough of our staple food to
feed ourselves?” Many answers have been given to this question,...
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Food aid for food security?
Major report, 2006
The State of Food and Agriculture 2006 examines the issues and controversies surrounding international food aid and seeks to find ways to preserve its essential humanitarian role while minimizing the possibility of harmful secondary impacts....
ESA Working Paper 06-02
Working paper, 2006
Egypt is on track to achieve its long-term goal of reducing the poverty rate to 6 percent by 2022. Continued progress towards this goal will require rapid employment growth for which agriculture growth, through its...
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