Families’ efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses, including AIDS
Many countries in southern Africa are home to a large number of poor rural people, dependent on rainfed agriculture, barely subsisting even in years without shocks, and highly vulnerable to the vagaries of the weather, the economy, and government policy. Within this context of multiple livelihood st...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2008
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| author | Drimie, Scott Casale, Marisa |
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| description | Many countries in southern Africa are home to a large number of poor rural people, dependent on rainfed agriculture, barely subsisting even in years without shocks, and highly vulnerable to the vagaries of the weather, the economy, and government policy. Within this context of multiple livelihood stressors, including the effects of the AIDS epidemic, families attempt to plan and act to secure their own livelihoods and the future for their children. The context of multiple stressors and decreasing resilience has left many communities more vulnerable to external shocks than in the past. The increase in vulnerable households means that any crisis, whether it is due to climatic shocks, civil disturbance, or economic mismanagement, becomes increasingly difficult to absorb. |
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| language | Inglés |
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| spelling | CGSpace1617432025-11-06T04:39:45Z Families’ efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses, including AIDS Drimie, Scott Casale, Marisa rainfed agriculture public policies aids epidemics economic policies shock HIV infections Many countries in southern Africa are home to a large number of poor rural people, dependent on rainfed agriculture, barely subsisting even in years without shocks, and highly vulnerable to the vagaries of the weather, the economy, and government policy. Within this context of multiple livelihood stressors, including the effects of the AIDS epidemic, families attempt to plan and act to secure their own livelihoods and the future for their children. The context of multiple stressors and decreasing resilience has left many communities more vulnerable to external shocks than in the past. The increase in vulnerable households means that any crisis, whether it is due to climatic shocks, civil disturbance, or economic mismanagement, becomes increasingly difficult to absorb. 2008 2024-11-21T09:57:50Z 2024-11-21T09:57:50Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161743 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161742 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Drimie, Scott; Casale, Marisa. 2008. Families’ efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses, including AIDS. RENEWAL Policy Brief 7. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161743 |
| spellingShingle | rainfed agriculture public policies aids epidemics economic policies shock HIV infections Drimie, Scott Casale, Marisa Families’ efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses, including AIDS |
| title | Families’ efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses, including AIDS |
| title_full | Families’ efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses, including AIDS |
| title_fullStr | Families’ efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses, including AIDS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Families’ efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses, including AIDS |
| title_short | Families’ efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses, including AIDS |
| title_sort | families efforts to secure the future of their children in the context of multiple stresses including aids |
| topic | rainfed agriculture public policies aids epidemics economic policies shock HIV infections |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161743 |
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