Labor-intensive public works for food security: Experience in Africa
Labor intensive public works program, a key instrument for addressing food security problems, are widely applied in Asia and were commonly utilized by today's industrialized countries, for example, during economic crises, for example, in the eighteenth century and during the 1920s and 1930s. Yes, un...
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1991
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| author | von Braun, Joachim Teklu, Tesfaye Webb, Patrick |
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| description | Labor intensive public works program, a key instrument for addressing food security problems, are widely applied in Asia and were commonly utilized by today's industrialized countries, for example, during economic crises, for example, in the eighteenth century and during the 1920s and 1930s. Yes, until recently, they were rarely used in sub-Saharan Africa. This report reviews the experience with labor-intensive public works programs in Africa and identifies potentials for such program to improve food security of target population groups. The information generated leads to preliminary policy conclusions, strategy formulation, and program design for reducing hunger and malnutrition. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1522182025-01-10T06:35:48Z Labor-intensive public works for food security: Experience in Africa von Braun, Joachim Teklu, Tesfaye Webb, Patrick food supply food security public works employment employment (economic theory) Labor intensive public works program, a key instrument for addressing food security problems, are widely applied in Asia and were commonly utilized by today's industrialized countries, for example, during economic crises, for example, in the eighteenth century and during the 1920s and 1930s. Yes, until recently, they were rarely used in sub-Saharan Africa. This report reviews the experience with labor-intensive public works programs in Africa and identifies potentials for such program to improve food security of target population groups. The information generated leads to preliminary policy conclusions, strategy formulation, and program design for reducing hunger and malnutrition. 1991-07 2024-09-13T16:17:55Z 2024-09-13T16:17:55Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152218 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute von Braun, Joachim; Teklu, Tesfaye; and Webb, Patrick. 1991. Labor-intensive public works for food security: Experience in Africa. Food Subsidies 6. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152218 |
| spellingShingle | food supply food security public works employment employment (economic theory) von Braun, Joachim Teklu, Tesfaye Webb, Patrick Labor-intensive public works for food security: Experience in Africa |
| title | Labor-intensive public works for food security: Experience in Africa |
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| title_short | Labor-intensive public works for food security: Experience in Africa |
| title_sort | labor intensive public works for food security experience in africa |
| topic | food supply food security public works employment employment (economic theory) |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152218 |
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