LEADER 03295oam 22007455 450 001 9910970600903321 005 20240516190908.0 010 $a9786613719942 010 $a9781280878633 010 $a1280878630 010 $a9780821395547 010 $a0821395548 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-9553-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000208516 035 $a(EBL)953216 035 $a(OCoLC)798536282 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000679078 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11424893 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679078 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10610528 035 $a(PQKB)10056796 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC953216 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL953216 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576337 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL371994 035 $a(OCoLC)802047899 035 $a(The World Bank)17295532 035 $a(US-djbf)17295532 035 $a(Perlego)1484086 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000208516 100 $a20120511d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSeasonal hunger and public policies : $eevidence from northwest Bangladesh /$fShahidur R. Khandker, Wahiduddin Mahmud 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$d[2012] 210 4$dcopyright 2012. 215 $apages cm 225 1 $aDirections in development. Poverty 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780821395530 311 08$a082139553X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aAgricultural development through crop diversification, irrigation, high yielding crop varieties, and public investments in infrastructure has improved food security and its seasonal dimension worldwide in recent years. Consequently, the severity of seasonal hunger caused by agricultural crop cycles has lessened substantially. Yet in agricultural pockets scattered throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, seasonal hunger persists, especially among the rural poor, owing primarily to idiosyncratic shocks caused by agricultural seasonality.More than four-fifths of the world's poor live in rural area 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aFood supply$xSeasonal variations$zBangladesh 606 $aHunger$zBangladesh 606 $aNutrition policy$zBangladesh$xPlanning 615 0$aFood supply$xSeasonal variations 615 0$aHunger 615 0$aNutrition policy$xPlanning. 676 $a338.1/95492 700 $aKhandker$b Shahidur R$0877451 701 $aMahmud$b Wahiduddin$0149046 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970600903321 996 $aSeasonal hunger and public policies$94352786 997 $aUNINA