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April 2009

Feed the World

The Challenge of Agricultural Development

By Douglas Southgate, Professor of Agricultural Economics at Ohio State University


As agriculture ministers meet in Rome to discuss the food crisis, a new study by Professor Douglas Southgate explains why they are not only to blame for causing the crisis, but also for prolonging it.



Publications

Chile: A Dynamic Water Market
by María de la Luz Domper
16 March 2009

The Cochabamba “Water War: An Anti-Privatisation Poster Child?
by David Bonnardeaux
16 March 2009

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Articles

Can Uganda learn from Chile’s water revolution?
by Maria de la Luz Domper
30 March 2009

Campaign against water privatization just doesn't add up
by David Bonnardeaux
15 March 2009

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Events

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Press Releases

Rowdy activists offer noise but not solutions to world’s water woes
16 March 2009

New EU pesticides regulations will undermine fight against malaria – new report
8 January 2009, CFD

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Past Perspectives

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News

Enough, population doom merchants
29 March 2009
This article mentions "Too Many People?", a study which tackles various myths about population and human development, written by Nicholas Eberstadt and published by the Sustainable Development Network.

World water experts: sanitation is a life-saver
20 March 2009
Caroline Boin of the International Policy Network, a London-based research center, said one overlooked aspect of water provision and sanitation was the role of private vendors who use donkeys and containers to sell water to poor people without access to water mains.

World Bank appeals for water investment
17 March 2009
But Caroline Boin of the International Policy Center, a London-based research center, said less than 5 percent of global water management is private and that the "real culprits" are governments that encourage waste by allocating water to special interests and other political allies.

 
 
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