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Sustainable Agriculture: A Way Out of Food Poverty

The most fundamental human right is the right to food (UN General Assembly, 2002).  Proper nutritious food is the precondition for normal human development. Well-nourished children are more likely to succeed in learning and are less susceptible to diseases. But low-income, food-importing economies are facing increasing difficulties in accessing staple food items. Chronic food insecurity persists, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. The recent economic crisis drove more than 100 million people into hunger in 2008 alone.1 Is sustainable agriculture a solution?

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Posted at 12:08PM Feb 12, 2010 by IPC in Poverty and Inequality  |  Comments[0]

Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution?

The government of a rich country will be disinclined to give
its aid to a country that has internal capacity to tackle poverty through redistribution from people at a similar standard of living
to taxpayers in that rich country. Yet we do not have tools for measuring the capacity for redistribution that reflect this property. Indeed, past measures imply heavy tax burdens on people who would be considered poor in rich countries. 

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Posted at 08:59AM Sep 16, 2009 by IPC in Poverty and Inequality  |  Comments[6]