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Vulnerability, Safety Nets, and the Ultra-Poor. The Role of Food Aid and the Strategic Approach of the World Food Programme

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  • Ugo Gentilini

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On the basis of recent theoretical refinements and empirical work on vulnerability, risk management and safety nets, this article examines the approach of the most important multilateral food aid agency – the World Food Programme–in conceptualizing the role that food aid can play at the level of a food-based safety net. The Wfp strategic priorities enshrined in the new Strategic Plan are not only to save lives, but to enhance resilience to shocks for extremely vulnerable households often living in situations of “silent daily emergency” in areas by-passed by the development mainstream.

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  • Ugo Gentilini, 2004. "Vulnerability, Safety Nets, and the Ultra-Poor. The Role of Food Aid and the Strategic Approach of the World Food Programme," QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria, Associazione Rossi Doria, issue 1, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:rar:journl:0101
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    Keywords

    Vulnerability; Safety Nets; Ultra-Poor; Food Aid;
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    JEL classification:

    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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