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Evaluation report

Food for Thought: A civil society assessment on the state of play of the implementation of the Charter for Food Crisis Prevention and Management in the Sahel and West Africa

01/12/2012

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

Oxfam has come together with civil society organisations across the Sahel to assess how well countries are faring in their commitment to more effectively tackle food insecurity. In February 2012, governments across the Sahel and West Africa adopted a Charter for the Prevention and Management of Food Crises, which laid out key commitments for all […]

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Research report

First Line of Defence: Assessing the potential of local food reserves in the Sahel

21/10/2012

3 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Acute food crises continue to reverse positive development trends in sub-Saharan Africa. As the international community attempts to address the challenges of food security, the focus has largely been on two issues: the devastating effects of food price volatility on the most vulnerable populations, and recurrence of acute food crises. Food reserves have potential to […]

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Briefing note

Sahel Markets Under Pressure

31/05/2012

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

The people of Africa’s Sahel region are facing an increasing risk of widespread food crisis, following a series of crises over recent years which has slashed incomes, undermined livelihoods and reduced their borrowing capacity. Low rainfall, abnormally high grain prices and increased insecurity in part of the region have contributed to their vulnerability. It is […]

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Technical briefing

Stop a Bullet, Stop a War: Why ammunition must be included in the Arms Trade Treaty

30/05/2012

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Guns are useless without bullets. An Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that does not control ammunition will not achieve its purposes. Ammunition is bigger business than weapons, with twelve billion bullets produced each year – nearly two bullets for every person in the world. The global trade in ammunition for small arms and light weapons is […]

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Issue briefing

Food Crisis in the Sahel: Five steps to break the hunger cycle in 2012

09/04/2012

2 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

The first warnings of drought and poor harvests in Africa’s Sahel region emerged in late 2011, and vulnerable communities in many areas have been threatened by a looming food crisis. That crisis is now a reality, with 18.4 million people in nine countries vulnerable to its impact. Food stocks have already run out for some […]

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Journal article

How to strengthen the development effectiveness of local purchase for food aid

01/09/2011

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Taking the case of Burkina Faso, the paper analyses effects of local purchase on marginal producers. It argues that because of imports of food together with ‘distress sales’ on the part of the producers, perfect market conditions do not exist. Therefore market price does not equal the optimal price. In the absence of an optimal […]

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Briefing note

Preparing for Thin Cows: Why the G20 should keep buffer stocks on the agenda

21/06/2011

4 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Overview

The issue of food price volatility is back on the political agenda of the G20 and the Committee on World Food Security. The time has come to reassess the potential of food reserves in the context of more integrated but also more volatile agricultural markets. On the basis of good practices, it is recommended to […]

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Briefing note

Hunger in the Sahel: A permanent emergency? Ensuring the next drought will not cause another humanitarian disaster

15/12/2010

3 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Food security

Overview

In 2010, more than 10 million people were victims of the food crisis in the Sahel. Nearly 500,000 severely malnourished children were taken into care between January and November 2010 in Niger, Chad, Mali and Burkina Faso. Most of the livestock herds in the Sahel were decimated. The images and the stories of hunger harked […]

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Journal article

Civil society, basic education, and sector-wide aid: insights from Sub-Saharan Africa

01/06/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Emerging trends in reforms of education-sector plans indicate a shift not only in how foreign aid is disbursed, but also in how civil-society actors engage in new policy and advocacy roles. This contribution examines these changing civil-society roles in four countries: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania. While sector-wide approaches have created new opportunities for […]

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Discussion paper

A Crisis Multiplied: How the global economic crisis, coming on top of other shocks, is worsening poverty in Burkina Faso

24/04/2010

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

This paper documents the impacts of the global economic crisis on Burkina Faso, which exacerbated the effects of the previous food and fuel price crises and was then made worse by subsequent serious flooding. Based on interviews by the author with a number of international donors, government officials, economists, and civil society organizations in Ouagadougou […]

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