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Does food insecurity impact subjective evaluation of well-being? : evidence from a developing country

Akpalu, Wisdom; Christian, Aaron K.; Codjoe, Samuel Nii … - 2015

Understanding the relationship between food insecurity and subjective evaluation of well-being is critical in designing social welfare policies, especially in developing countries. Surprisingly, literature on the topic is scarce. This study adopted Van Praag's theoretical framework and used...

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Simulation of options to replace the special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant and close the poverty gap at the food poverty line

Goldman, Maya; Bassier, Ihsaan; Budlender, Joshua; … - 2021

We use a fiscal incidence model based on the South African 2014/15 Living Conditions Survey to simulate the poverty … COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant upon its expiry and closing the extreme (food poverty line) poverty gap. Our key … findings are that the introduction of a household-targeted family poverty grant is theoretically able to reduce extreme poverty …

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Are biofuels good for African development? : an analytical framework with evidence from Mozambique and Tanzania

Arndt, Channing; Msangi, Siwa; Thurlow, James - 2010

needed. -- biofuels ; economic development ; food security ; poverty ; Africa …

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Can social protection programmes promote livelihoods and climate resilience in conflict-affected settings? : evidence from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme

Lind, Jeremy; Holland-Szyp, Carolina; Sabates-Wheeler, … - 2025

The paper discusses the growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings. It examines the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia, highlighting that while social assistance offers a...

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India's political economy responses to the global food price shock of 2007 - 08 : learning some lessons

Gulati, Ashok; Saini, Shweta - 2015

India's policy responses to the food price crisis were strong. Exports of basic staples were banned. Domestic support prices of wheat and rice were raised substantially. The urea price increases in global markets were absorbed through enhanced fertilizer subsidies. The government launched the...

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Contracts between smallholders and private firms in Mozambique and their implications on food security

Navarra, Cecilia - 2017

The focus of this paper is the role played in rural contexts by contract farming agreements between smallholders and private investors. These contracts can take different forms, but in general are agreements under which producers commit to supply produce to a buyer firm. They are - at least on...

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Economic impacts of developing a biofuel industry in Mozambique

Hartley, Faaiqa; Seventer, Dirk van; Tostão, Emilio; … - 2016

Mozambique is one of the most promising African countries for producing biofuels and the national biofuel policy of 2009 identifies measures to incentivize biofuel production. Demand for biofuels in the Southern African Development Community is expected to increase over the next few years as 7...

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Securing food, building livelihoods? : a 15-year appraisal of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme

Hoddinott, John; Berhane, Guush; Gilligan, Daniel Orth; … - 2024

We assess the impact of a large-scale social protection intervention, Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), over a 15-year period. We find that the PSNP had a positive impact on food security but inconsistent impacts on assets. There were positive impacts on fertilizer use,...

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Gendered effects of climate and conflict shocks on food security in Sudan and the mitigating role of social protection

Kayaoglu, Aysegul; Baliki, Ghassan; Brück, Tilman - 2024

Climate change and violent conflict are defining challenges of our time. However, it is not yet understood how they interact in shaping human welfare and food security, how their interaction shapes gendered outcomes, or how social protection systems can mitigate their impact. To address these...

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Financial inclusion and nutrition among rural households in Rwanda

Swain, Ranjula Bali; Nsabimana, Aimable - 2023

We investigate if financial inclusion leads to improved nutrition in rural Rwanda, using Rwandan Integrated Household Living Conditions surveys (2013/14 and 2016/17). Our empirical evidence shows a robust positive impact of financial inclusion efforts undertaken by formal financial institutions,...

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