South Asia is home to the largest concentration of poor and undernourished people in the world, so food security—especially in basic staples such as wheat, rice, and corn—continues to be a major concern.
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Governments in Asia used grain price stabilization as a major policy instrument when they began to promote the Green Revolution in the 1960s.
This policy brief is designed to help policymakers and practitioners understand the financial services needed by the poor.
This brochure describes fully the work of The Food Management and Research Support Project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute.
Dans les pays en développement, 200 millions d'enfants âgés de moins de cinq ans souffrent de malnutrition.
En el mundo en via de desarrollo, 200 millones de niños menores de cinco años, están mal nutridos.
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Banking on the poor
This policy brief is designed to help policymakers and practitioners understand the financial services needed by the poor.
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Food for education
For many of the world’s poor, public safety-net programs are the only hope for a life free from chronic poverty and undernutrition. But the proper combination of incentives and support can be difficult to achieve.
El papel de la mujer en la economía se ha subestimado con frecuencia y su trabajo en la agricultura ha sido invisible por mucho tiempo.
This brief examines the key roles that women play in ensuring food security and makes three recommendations of ways to strengthen the food security through policies and programs that enhance women's abilities and resources to fulfill their ro