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Articles de presse, 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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Articles de presse, 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
Document de travail, 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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Articles de presse, 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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Articles de presse, 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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Assessment of food security early warning systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Étude de cas par pays, 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
Livre/chapitre d’un livre, 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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L'aide alimentaire pour la sécurité alimentaire?
Publication phare, 2006
La situation mondiale de l'alimentation et de l'agriculture 2006 examine les questions et controverses soulevées au sujet de l'aide alimentaire internationale et s'efforce de trouver des moyens de préserver son rôle humanitaire essentiel tout en...
ESA Working Paper 06-02
Document de travail, 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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Articles de presse, 2006
This paper offers an overview of land reform processes in the CEECs and their outcomes and impacts and analyzes current and emerging structures in rural areas. Different types of land consolidation are defined and their...
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