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2. Climate Shocks, Food and Nutrition Security: Evidence from the Young Lives cohort study
- Author:
- Dornan Paul, Ogando Portela, Maria Jose, and Pells Kirrily
- Publication Date:
- 09-2014
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- Drawing on survey data from Young Lives, an international study of childhood poverty involving 12,000 children in four countries, this paper examines the effects of environmental shocks on food insecurity and children‟s development. The data, from children and their families living in rural and urban locations in Ethiopia, the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Peru , and Vietnam , provide information on the same individuals over time, allowing consideration of how earlier incidences of food insecurity and exposures to environmental shocks shape later outcomes. Regression analysis is used to estimate the relationships between these and other relevant factors.
- Topic:
- Security, Climate Change, Human Welfare, and Food
- Political Geography:
- India, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Andhra Pradesh, and Peru
3. Food prices and how people are eating: Views from 'Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility'
- Author:
- Nick Chisholm
- Publication Date:
- 08-2014
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- On food prices: The case studies on food prices and how people are eating in Bangladesh, Kenya, and Pakistan confirm that price changes, and the impacts of such changes on households, are far more varied in space and time than national average data reveal. In turn, national price movements can clearly diverge from global prices due to a variety of country - specific factors. The case studies also demonstrate that politics and policies have a significant impact on prices: governments can directly (for good or ill) influence the wellbeing of the poor thro ugh decisions on policy instruments such as taxation and levels of subsidies. Finally, there is some evidence that prices in rural agricultural areas are more influenced by seasonal supply and demand factors than are prices in urban areas. In principle, rural producers may benefit from higher prices, but that is not usually the case for small producers, who are still net consumers of basic food commodities.
- Topic:
- Food
- Political Geography:
- Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Vietnam
4. The Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on Migration Patterns in Viet Nam
- Publication Date:
- 03-2010
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- Over the past decade, Viet Nam has made significant progress in terms of its development and poverty reduction. However, the current global economic crisis is negatively affecting the Vietnamese economy and potentially threatens to undermine Viet Nam's impressive poverty reduction record. To assess and monitor the ongoing impacts of the crisis on poor people, over the course of 2009, Oxfam and ActionAid Vietnam, in close collaboration with the Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), and with significant support from AusAID, have undertaken a series of rapid assessments of the effects of the economic crisis on migrant workers and their families in both formal and informal sectors. Findings have been used to inform government agencies and representative bodies at different levels.
- Topic:
- Globalization, Migration, and Financial Crisis
- Political Geography:
- Vietnam and Southeast Asia
5. Responding to climate change in Vietnam: Opportunities for improving gender equality
- Publication Date:
- 12-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- Vietnam is among the countries worst affected by the adverse effects of climate change, especially in coastal and low-land regions. Already an average of one million Vietnamese are affected annually by disasters including flooding in the Mekong Delta region. Serious droughts also affect the central coast region, Mekong Delta and mountainous areas. Climate change is recognized by the Government of Viet Nam as a major challenge, and the National Target Programme to Respond to Climate Change (NTP-RCC) was approved in December 2008.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Development, Environment, and Gender Issues
- Political Geography:
- Vietnam and Southeast Asia
6. A call for action: Young people's views on climate change - Vietnam
- Publication Date:
- 12-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- “World leaders all over the world can work together to find the best solutions for our green globe in the UN summit on climate change this coming December” is the key message that young people in Vietnam wish to say to the Heads of State joining COP15 in Copenhagen in December 2009.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Environment, and Youth Culture
- Political Geography:
- Vietnam and Southeast Asia