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RHVP clarification note to RVAC
2006, RHVP
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RHVP Proposal for 2006 Resource allocations to strengthening vulnerability assessment and analysis
2006, RHVP
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RHVP VAC Gap Analysis
2006, RHVP
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Social Protection: New Directions of Donor Agencies
2006, Conway, T., De Haan, A., Norton, A. (eds.)
This report and the workshop on which it is based was commissioned to promote dialogue between international development agencies, including World Bank, regional development banks, ILO, UNDP, UNICEF and…
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South Africa's poor in need of an economic and social safety net
2006, Frye, I.
Despite its status as a middle-income country, South Africa has significantly high levels of poverty and unemployment. This paper takes a critical look at the levels of poverty and unemployment in South…
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Stabilizing food markets in eastern and southern Africa
2006, Jayne, T.S., Zulu, B., Nijhoff, J.J.
A major challenge for agricultural policy in Africa is how to address the market instability-related causes of low farm productivity and food insecurity. This paper highlights structural changes affecting…
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State intervention for food price stabilisation in Africa: Can it work?
2006, Poulton, C., Kydd, J., Wiggins, S., Dorward, A.
Although its arguments may have more general applicability, this paper discusses the desirability and options for the stabilisation of staple food prices principally in Eastern and Southern Africa. It…
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Ten years of social protection reviewed, IDS In Focus, No.1, May 2006
2006, Devereux, S., Gorman, C.
(Eldis)
Social protection has come a long way in a short time. Ten years ago, it was a new phrase for social safety nets, and was limited to interventions that provided short-term support to people lacking the…
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The impact of HIV/AIDS on the economy, livelihoods and poverty of Malawi
2006, Arrehag, L., Durevall, D., Sj?m, M., de Vylder, S.
(Eldis)
Abstract (as in Eldis) This report analyses the impact of HIV/AIDS on people?s livelihoods in Malawi and on the overall socio-economic development of the country. Given the complex interplay between economic…
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The Livingstone Call For Action: Social protection - A transformative agenda
2006
At an Intergovernmental Regional Conference in Livingstone, Zambia, 13 African governments agreed to put together national social protection plans to support older people and other vulnerable groups. The…
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2005
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Cash and vouchers in emergencies, HPG Discussion Paper
2005, Harvey, P.
The literature review has thrown up two main findings. The first is that cash and voucher approaches remain largely under-utilised in the humanitarian sector. The second finding is that there is a growing…
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Crisis in southern Africa, Briefing Paper # 23
2005, Oxfam
The causes of the food crisis are complex and vary from country to country. But in different proportions they reflect a mixture of poverty and vulnerability, bad weather, poor governance, bad advice from…
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Dependency and humanitarian relief: a critical analysis, Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG)
2005, Harvey, P., Lind, J.
People depend less on relief than is often assumed. There is little evidence that relief undermines initiative, or that its delivery is reliable or transparent enough for people to depend on it. In practice,…
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Desk Review - Identification of Methods for Emergency Assessments to Distinguish between Chronic and Transitory Food Insecurity, and to Evaluate the Effects of Shocks
2005, Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacity - SENAC, Institute of Development Studies
The purpose of this paper is: - to clarify the terminology around chronic food insecurity, transitory food insecurity, and vulnerability to food insecurity;
- to explore the implications…
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Desk Review: The effects of Food Aid on Household Migration Patterns and Implications for Emergency Food Assessment
2005, Strengthening Emergency Needs Assessment Capacity - SENAC, Institute of Development Studies
This paper examines migration as it is practiced by people not only as a result of a crisis, but also as a strategy to reduce vulnerability and to maximise income prior to or during a crisis. In some cases,…
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Donor politics in Zambia: Promoting poverty reduction or fuelling neopatrimonialism
2005, Eberlei, W.
In the light of the Zambian case, there seems to be, however, a twofold implementation problem. The donor community is not implementing the new principles sufficiently, and the Zambian Government reveals…
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Food aid or hidden dumping? Separating the wheat from the chaff. Briefing Paper # 71
2005
(OXFAM GB)
This paper shows that current practices, especially those of the USA, create substantial adverse side-effects in trade that damage the livelihoods of poor farmers and stymie their economic opportunities…
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Household's vulnerability to shocks in Zambia, Social Protection Discussion Paper 0536, World Bank
2005, del Ninno, C., Marini, A.
The analysis of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been carried out using the data on the occurrence of the death of an adult in the previous 12 months and the existence of foster children (17 percent…
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Impact of HIV/AIDS-related mortality on rural farm households in Zambia: implications for poverty reduction strategies
2005, Chapoto, A., Jayne, T.
This paper uses nationally representative longitudinal survey data on 5,420 rural farm households in Zambia, to measure the impacts of prime-age (PA) adult mortality on crop production and cropping patterns,…
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Making cash count
2005
This study reviews unconditional cash transfers in 15 countries of east and southern Africa, examines four programmes in more depth (in Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zambia), and draws lessons for…
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