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Author Khandker, Shahidur R.

Title Seasonal Hunger and Public Policies : Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh / Shahidur R. Khandker and Wahiduddin Mahmud
Published Washington D.C. : World Bank, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 191 pages) : illustrations, map
illustration, map
Series Directions in development. Poverty
Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty.
Contents Introduction -- Understanding seasonal hunger : key issues in a global perspective -- Seasonal poverty and hunger in Bangladesh : vulnerability of the northwest region -- Household vulnerability and coping strategies -- Effects of policies and programs : some preliminary findings -- The role of seasonal migration -- Effectiveness of social safety net programs -- Microfinance to tackle seasonality -- Overview, policy perspectives, and emerging issues -- References
Summary Agricultural development through crop diversification, irrigation, high yielding crop varieties, and public investments in infrastructure has improved food security and its seasonal dimension worldwide in recent years. Consequently, the severity of seasonal hunger caused by agricultural crop cycles has lessened substantially. Yet in agricultural pockets scattered throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, seasonal hunger persists, especially among the rural poor, owing primarily to idiosyncratic shocks caused by agricultural seasonality. More than four-fifths of the world's poor live in rural area
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Food supply -- Seasonal variations -- Bangladesh
Hunger -- Bangladesh
Nutrition policy -- Bangladesh -- Planning
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
Food supply -- Seasonal variations
Hunger
Nutrition policy -- Planning
Bangladesh
Form Electronic book
Author Mahmud, Wahiduddin.
ISBN 9780821395547
0821395548
082139553X
9780821395530