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Food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa

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2006
| by Lisa C. Smith, Harold Alderman and Dede Aduayom

""This report introduces new estimates of food insecurity based on food acquisition data collected directly from households as part of national household expenditure surveys (HESs) conducted in 12 Sub-Saharan African countries.The report

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The 1998 floods in Bangladesh

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2001
| by Carlo del Ninno, Paul A. Dorosh, Lisa C. Smith and Dilip K. Roy
This report combines a careful analysis of government policy and private foodgrain markets with a detailed survey of 757 households in rural Bangladesh in November and December 1998, about two months after the floodwaters receded.
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Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana

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2000
| by Daniel G. Maxwell, Carol E. Levin, Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Marie T. Ruel, Saul Sutkover Morris and Clement Ahiadeke

Accra offers a compelling case study of the contemporary impact of urban life on the livelihoods, food security, and nutritional status of its people.

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Wheat policy reform in Egypt

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2000
| by Mylene Kherallah, Hans Lofgren, Peter Gruhn and Meyra M. Reeder

Many developing countries are in transition from a state-dominated to a more market-oriented economy.

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Poverty, household food security, and nutrition in rural Pakistan

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1993
| by Harold Alderman and Marito Garcia

The pathways from economic and social policies to improved food security and nutrition for the poor often are not well understood. Yet each day governments decide on policies that ultimately affect their well-being.