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What are the implications of the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture for food security in poor countries? Are economic reforms and high growth rates in some countries protecting the well-being of the poor by improving the status of nutrition? Are we measuring hunger adequately? Do we need new tools...

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Hauptverfasser:
Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb., Acharya, S. S., Davis, Benjamin
Körperschaft:
World Institute for Development Economics Research
Weitere Verfasser:
Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb, Davis, Benjamin
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Zusammenfassung:
What are the implications of the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture for food security in poor countries? Are economic reforms and high growth rates in some countries protecting the well-being of the poor by improving the status of nutrition? Are we measuring hunger adequately? Do we need new tools and indicators? Does women's socio-economic status matter for child-health? Are targeted programmes successful in identifying and helping the truly needy?Despite the scale of human suffering inflicted by malnutrition, the fight against world hunger has recently been overshadowed by the campaign to end po
Umfang:
1 online resource (396 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-4356-2218-9
9786611163945
0-19-152866-8
1-281-16394-5
Schlagworte:
Food supply > Developing countries.
Food supply > Research.
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