Food prices, nutrition, and the millenium development goals. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 169 pages : color illustrations |
Disciplina | 338.19 |
Collana | Global Monitoring Report |
Soggetto topico |
Food prices
Nutrition |
ISBN |
1-4755-4840-0
1-4755-3593-7 1-280-48663-5 9786613581860 0-8213-9523-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Overview; BOXES; 1 The MDG target of halving extreme poverty-reached in 2010!; FIGURES; 1 Global progress toward the MDGs varies; 2 Food prices spiked again for the second time in three years; Progress toward the MDGs; 1 Poverty and Food Price Developments; 1.1 Food, grain, agricultural, and energy price developments; 1.1 Crisis in the Horn of Africa; 1.2 How rising food prices affect the citizens of Dar es Salaam; TABLES; 1.1 Common coping responses to food, fuel, and financial crises in 13 countries
1.3 How many more are poor because of higher food prices?1.4 Actions by women made the most difference but were invisible to policy makers; 1.2 The impact of higher food prices on poverty differs across socioeconomic groups; 1.3 Countries' vulnerability to global food price shocks tracked by share of cereal imports in domestic consumption and food share in household expenditure; 1.5 World price impacts across regions; 1.2 Pass-through of international rice prices to local prices in selected Asian countries; 1.3 Price volatility across products in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa 1.4 Major drivers of world cereal prices1.5 Higher consumption growth of corn has offset slowing growth in rice and wheat, while increases in area planted to food offset slowing yield growth; 1.6 Sustainable increase in food production is required to simultaneously fight global hunger and reduce the pressure on biodiversity; 1.4 Demand responsiveness to food price declines as per capita income increases; 1.6 Policy measures adopted in 81 selected countries in response to 2006-08 price spike; 1.7 Fiscal implications of policy responses to 2006-08 price spike, selected countries 1.7 Ethiopia's food security programs1.8 Building foundations for social safety net systems; 1.8 Main measures to limit the growth and volatility of world cereal prices; 1.9 Managing supply and price risks for maize in Malawi; 1.10 Linking changes in productivity and climate to poverty: the use of Envisage and GIDD for long-term scenario building; 1.5 Ratio of cereal production to consumption in 2010 and 2025; 1.9 Poverty forecast, 2015-25; 2 Nutrition, the MDGs, and Food Price Developments; 2.1 Impact of higher food prices and undernutrition on the MDGs 2.2 The impact of the 2007-08 food price spike on a rural community in northern Bangladesh2.3 Malnutrition and chronic disease in India; 2.1 Mean height for age, relative to WHO standards, by region; 2.2 Percentage of stunted children and overweight women in selected Latin American countries; 2.4 Consequences of early childhood growth failure over lifetimes in Guatemala; 2.5 The global SUN movement; 2.6 Community-based growth promotion programs; 2.3 Benefi t-cost ratios of various interventions; 2.1 The annual per capita cost of various nutrition interventions is very low 2.7 Breaking the low-priority cycle: how nutrition can become a public sector priority for Sub-Saharan African governments |
Altri titoli varianti | Global monitoring report 2012 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790111903321 |
Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Food prices, nutrition, and the millenium development goals. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 169 pages : color illustrations |
Disciplina | 338.19 |
Collana | Global Monitoring Report |
Soggetto topico |
Food prices
Nutrition |
ISBN |
1-4755-4840-0
1-4755-3593-7 1-280-48663-5 9786613581860 0-8213-9523-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Overview; BOXES; 1 The MDG target of halving extreme poverty-reached in 2010!; FIGURES; 1 Global progress toward the MDGs varies; 2 Food prices spiked again for the second time in three years; Progress toward the MDGs; 1 Poverty and Food Price Developments; 1.1 Food, grain, agricultural, and energy price developments; 1.1 Crisis in the Horn of Africa; 1.2 How rising food prices affect the citizens of Dar es Salaam; TABLES; 1.1 Common coping responses to food, fuel, and financial crises in 13 countries
1.3 How many more are poor because of higher food prices?1.4 Actions by women made the most difference but were invisible to policy makers; 1.2 The impact of higher food prices on poverty differs across socioeconomic groups; 1.3 Countries' vulnerability to global food price shocks tracked by share of cereal imports in domestic consumption and food share in household expenditure; 1.5 World price impacts across regions; 1.2 Pass-through of international rice prices to local prices in selected Asian countries; 1.3 Price volatility across products in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa 1.4 Major drivers of world cereal prices1.5 Higher consumption growth of corn has offset slowing growth in rice and wheat, while increases in area planted to food offset slowing yield growth; 1.6 Sustainable increase in food production is required to simultaneously fight global hunger and reduce the pressure on biodiversity; 1.4 Demand responsiveness to food price declines as per capita income increases; 1.6 Policy measures adopted in 81 selected countries in response to 2006-08 price spike; 1.7 Fiscal implications of policy responses to 2006-08 price spike, selected countries 1.7 Ethiopia's food security programs1.8 Building foundations for social safety net systems; 1.8 Main measures to limit the growth and volatility of world cereal prices; 1.9 Managing supply and price risks for maize in Malawi; 1.10 Linking changes in productivity and climate to poverty: the use of Envisage and GIDD for long-term scenario building; 1.5 Ratio of cereal production to consumption in 2010 and 2025; 1.9 Poverty forecast, 2015-25; 2 Nutrition, the MDGs, and Food Price Developments; 2.1 Impact of higher food prices and undernutrition on the MDGs 2.2 The impact of the 2007-08 food price spike on a rural community in northern Bangladesh2.3 Malnutrition and chronic disease in India; 2.1 Mean height for age, relative to WHO standards, by region; 2.2 Percentage of stunted children and overweight women in selected Latin American countries; 2.4 Consequences of early childhood growth failure over lifetimes in Guatemala; 2.5 The global SUN movement; 2.6 Community-based growth promotion programs; 2.3 Benefi t-cost ratios of various interventions; 2.1 The annual per capita cost of various nutrition interventions is very low 2.7 Breaking the low-priority cycle: how nutrition can become a public sector priority for Sub-Saharan African governments |
Altri titoli varianti | Global monitoring report 2012 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819966703321 |
Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rural-urban dynamics and the millennium development goals. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 178 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
Disciplina | 338.1091724 |
Collana | Global monitoring report |
Soggetto topico |
Rural-urban relations
Economic development |
ISBN | 0-8213-9808-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Global monitoring report 2012 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786881303321 |
Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rural-urban dynamics and the millennium development goals. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | xv, 178 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
Disciplina | 338.1091724 |
Collana | Global monitoring report |
Soggetto topico |
Rural-urban relations
Economic development |
ISBN | 0-8213-9808-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Global monitoring report 2012 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822338703321 |
Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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