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September 2005

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  1. IFPRI Materials
    Biotechnology, Agriculture, and Food Security in Southern Africa
    The book, Biotechnology, Agriculture, and Food Security in Southern Africa, is a compilation of papers discussing the current status of biotechnology in southern Africa; the conceptual framework for multistakeholder dialogues; the political and ethical issues surrounding biotechnology; food safety and consumer issues; biosafety, intellectual property rights; and trade involving genetically modified foods. For more information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/books/oc46.htm.
  2. IFPRI Dataset
    Kenya: Social Accounting Matrix, 2001
    The Kenya 2001 SAM disaggregates the entire Kenyan economy into 33 production sectors, of which 15 are agricultural. It is the base for a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of Kenya, which is an extension of the standard CGE modeling framework developed at IFPRI. Several structural and annual data sources were used for the construction of this SAM, such as national accounts, government accounts, balance of payments, and foreign trade data, as well as the most recent IO table, SAMs for earlier base years, and the 1997 Welfare Monitoring Survey for Kenya. For ordering information, visit http://www.ifpri.org/data/kenya03.htm.
  3. Measuring Household Food Consumption: A Technical Guide (2005)
    This guide by the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project describes the process and procedures for collecting the information to assess the food-intake requirements of a household and a step-by-step analysis of the food consumed. The topics covered include sample ingredient codes, caloric requirement tables, and sample activities grouped by activity level for males and females. For more information, visit http://www.fantaproject.org/downloads/pdfs/foodcons.pdf.
  4. African Development Indicators 2005
    The 2005 African Development Indicators provide data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables for more than 500 indicators of development. It provides data from 1980 to 2003 for national accounts; prices and exchange rates; money and banking; external sector; external debt and related flows; government finance; agriculture; power, communications, and transportation; doing business; labor force and employment; aid flows; social indicators; environmental indicators; HIPC debt initiative; household welfare indicators; and public enterprises. For more information, visit http://www4.worldbank.org/afr/stats/adi2005/default.cfm.

  5. Poverty and Conservation: Landscapes, People and Power
    The book Poverty and Conservation: Landscapes, People and Power has been produced by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). It focuses on conservation's potential to contribute to long-term sustainable development and to poverty reduction. The authors assert that conservation can and should do more to address poverty reduction, as poor ecosystem health will often undermine social and economic stability and the livelihoods of the poor. For more information, visit http://www.iucn.org/themes/fcp/publications/news/povertyconservation-book.pdf.

  6. Energizing the Millennium Development Goals: A Guide to Energy's Role in Reducing Poverty
    This guide aims to help development practitioners understand the role of energy services in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). With Q&A explanations and case examples, it offers an overview of pertinent issues and suggests how to address energy within broader efforts to attain the MDGs. For more information, visit http://www.undp.org/energy/docs2/ENRG-MDG_Guide_all.pdf.
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