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期刊文章, 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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期刊文章, 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
工作文件, 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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期刊文章, 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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期刊文章, 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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期刊文章, 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.
国别案例研究, 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
成书/成书章节, 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?
主要报告, 2006
《2006年粮食和农业状况》围绕国际粮食援助审查了有关的问题和争议,并力求找到各种途径,以保持其基本的人道主义作用同时尽量减少有害次要影响。粮食援助拯救了千百万生命,这种赞誉是正确的;事实上,唯一能阻止弱势人口死亡的往往是粮食援助。然而粮食援助受到了尖锐的批评,认为它是由捐助者推动的一种反应,造成受援者的依赖,伤害可持续粮食安全依靠的当地农业生产者和贸易商。关于这些问题的经济证据少得惊人,但却证实粮食援助的时间安排和对象确定是实现近期粮食安全目标同时尽量减少可能危害的核心。改革国际粮食援助体制有其必要,但应谨慎从事,因为人命关天。
ESA Working Paper 06-02
工作文件, 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...
语言版本:English