03092nam 2200649 a 450 991046183690332120200520144314.01-280-87863-097866137199420-8213-9554-8(CKB)2670000000208516(EBL)953216(OCoLC)798536282(SSID)ssj0000679078(PQKBManifestationID)11424893(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679078(PQKBWorkID)10610528(PQKB)10056796(MiAaPQ)EBC953216(Au-PeEL)EBL953216(CaPaEBR)ebr10576337(CaONFJC)MIL371994(OCoLC)802047899(EXLCZ)99267000000020851620120511d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSeasonal hunger and public policies[electronic resource] evidence from northwest Bangladesh /Shahidur R. Khandker and Wahiduddin MahmudWashington D.C. World Bank20121 online resource (220 p.)Directions in development. PovertyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-9553-X Includes bibliographical references.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.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 areaDirections in development (Washington, D.C.).Poverty.Food supplySeasonal variationsBangladeshHungerBangladeshNutrition policyBangladeshPlanningElectronic books.Food supplySeasonal variationsHungerNutrition policyPlanning.338.1/95492Khandker Shahidur R877451Mahmud Wahiduddin149046MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461836903321Seasonal hunger and public policies2451181UNINA