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Seasonal Hunger and Public Policies : Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh / Shahidur R. Khandker and Wahiduddin Mahmud.

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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Khandker, Shahidur R.
Other Authors: Mahmud, Wahiduddin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington D.C. : World Bank, 2012.
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty.
Subjects:
Food supply > Seasonal variations > Bangladesh.
Hunger > Bangladesh.
Nutrition policy > Bangladesh > Planning.
Food supply > Seasonal variations.
Hunger.
Nutrition policy > Planning.
Bangladesh.
Table of 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.

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