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Information Centre
- Think Pieces
The crisis in Southern Africa in 2002 has
stimulated considerable debate and discussion. This debate
has taken place both in the regional and internationally and
amongst various different interest groups. The documents in
this section of the information centre are a selection of
views, perspectives and positions on the crisis and reflect
many of these different interest groups. They refer to the
broader dimensions of the immediate crisis and to longer-term
views for the development of food security policy. In addition
to a category, the remaining documents are grouped under thematic
areas. Click on the links below for listings within the categories
and to view full documents where available:
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intended as a reference list until full documents can be provided.
General Think Pieces:
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Radio
4 'Four Corners' interview with Simon Maxwell (ODI Director)
and Andrew MacMillan (UN Food Operations Division)
Listen to 
'Who is hungry? Why? And what can be done?' A discussion
held to mark World Food Day 2002, broadcast 14th October
2002
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Famine
and the failure of development? Southern Africa 2002
ODI Special Meeting, Wednesday 10th
July 2002
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| Anderson, E.,
Chaplin, H., & Wiggins, S. (2004) 'Can Africa feed
itself in 2025 under the impact of HIV/AIDS', Overseas
Development Institute, London, Draft Report. |
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| Buchanan-Smith,
M. and Davies, S. (1995) 'Famine Early Warning and
Response: The Missing Link'. London: ITDG Publications |
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| Cannon, T. (2002)
'Food security, food systems and livelihoods: Competing
explanations of hunger', DIE ERDE, vol. 133, pp. 345-362. |
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| Clover, J. (2003)
'Food security in sub-Saharan Africa', African Security
Review, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 5-15. |
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| Devereux,
S. and Maxwell, S. (2001) 'Food Security in Sub-Saharan
Africa'. London: ITDG Publications |
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| Drimie, S. (2003)
'Food security in southern Africa: Causes and responses
from across the region', Workshop Report, Human Sciences
Research Council, Pretoria. |
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| Eldridge,
C. (2002) 'Findings of 1991-1992 drought study' |
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| FoodAfrica
Initiative |
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| Food and Agricultural
Organization (2002) 'The state of food insecurity in the
world', Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome. |
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| Food
Security Guide for the Development Gateway |
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| Haddad, L. (2001)
'Leveraging food security with food aid: The role of applied
policy research', African Journal of Food and Nutritional
Security, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 26-34. |
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| Maxwell, S.
(1990) 'Food security in developing countries: Issues
and options for the 1990s', IDS Bulletin, vol. 21, no.
3, pp. 2-13. |
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| Maxwell, S.
(1996) 'Food security: A post-modern perspective', Food
Policy, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 155-170. |
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| Mbaya, S. (2003)
'The Southern-African food security crisis - causes and
responses,' in Food security in Southern Africa: Causes
and responses from the region, S. Drimie & M. Lafon,
eds., Institute Français d'Afrique du Sud, Johannesburg,
pp. 35-58. |
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Oxfam
(2002) 'Death on the Doorstep
of the Summit' Oxfam Briefing Paper 29
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Human Vulnerability:
| Boudreau,
T. (1998) 'The Food Economy Approach: a framework
for understanding rural livelihoods' ODI Humanitarian
Network Paper No. 26 |
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| Harvey,
P. (2003) 'HIV/AIDS:
What are the implications for humanitarian action? A
Literature Review', draft document, Humanitarian Policy
Group, ODI. |
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Eldridge,
C. (2002) 'Why was there no famine following the 1992
Southern African droughts?' IDS Bulletin 33(4) Introduction.
For full document follow IDS
link. |
(55kb) |
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House of Commons International Development
Committee (IDC) (2002) 'The
Humanitarian Crisis in Southern Africa', 3rd Report
of Session 2003-03
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(546kb) |
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House of Commons International Development
Committee (IDC) (2003) 'Humanitarian
Crisis in Southern Africa: Government Response to the
Committee's Third Report of Session 2002-03' 4th
Special Report of Session 2002-03
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(217kb) |
| Shumba, P. S.
S. (2003) HIV/AIDS and Food Security, Southern African
Development Committee, Gaborone, Report to UNAIDS and
Southern African Development Community, Food, Agriculture
and Natural Resource Assessments, Regional Vulnerability
Assessments. |
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Young,
H., Jaspars, S., Brown, R., Frize, J. and Khogali, H.
(2001) 'Food-security Assessments in Emergencies: A
Livelihoods Approach' ODI Humanitarian Network Paper
No. 36
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Markets and Development:
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Øygard,
R., Garcia, R., Guttormsen, A.G., Kachule, R., Mwanaumo,
A., Mwanawina, I., Sjaastad, E. and Wik, M. (2003)
The Maze of Maize: Improving Input and Output Market
Access for Poor Smallholders in Southern African Region,
the Experience of Zambia and Malawi, Agricultural University
of Norway, Department of Economics and Resource Management,
Report No. 26, commissioned by NORAD
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Imperial
College at Wye publications list
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Social Protection:
Policy Processes,
Governance and Institutions:
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Sharp,
K. (1998) 'Between Relief and Development: targeting
food aid for disaster prevention in Ethiopia' ODI
Humanitarian Network Paper No. 27
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