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Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana

Title
Urban livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Greater Accra, Ghana / Daniel Maxwell [and others].
Publication
Washington, D.C. : International Food Policy Research Institute, ©2000.

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Additional Authors
Maxwell, Daniel G.
Description
xiv, 172 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Summary
Based on a survey of 556 urban households carried out in 1996, explores the nature of urban poverty. Examines the determinants of food security and nutritional status, investigates strategies used to cope with poverty, identifies vulnerable groups and suggests policies and programmes to improve the lives of the urban poor. Develops indicators of livelihood and food security that are appropriate for urban contexts.
Series Statement
Research report ; 112
Uniform Title
Research report (International Food Policy Research Institute) ; 112.
Subject
  • Nutrition surveys > Ghana
  • Nutrition surveys
  • Ernährungspolitik
  • Lebensmittelversorgung
  • Stadtleben
  • Ernährungssicherung
  • Voedselvoorziening
  • Stedelijke gebieden
  • poverty
  • food security
  • nutrition
  • household income
  • low income
  • urban area
  • family size
  • employment status
  • income generating activities
  • social network
  • household expenditure
  • food consumption
  • health status
  • women
  • children
  • informal care
  • malnutrition
  • statistical table
  • pauvreté
  • sécurité alimentaire
  • revenu des ménages
  • faible revenu
  • zone urbaine
  • dimension de la famille
  • statut dans l'emploi
  • activités rémunératrices
  • réseau social
  • dépenses des ménages
  • consommation alimentaire
  • état de santé
  • femmes
  • enfants
  • soins informels
  • tableau statistique
  • pobreza
  • seguridad alimentaria
  • nutrición
  • ingreso de los hogares
  • bajos ingresos
  • zona urbana
  • tamaño de la familia
  • situación ocupacional
  • actividades generadoras de ingresos
  • red social
  • gasto de los hogares
  • consumo alimentario
  • estado de salud
  • mujeres
  • niños
  • cuidado no profesional
  • desnutrición
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • URBAN POVERTY
  • POVERTY MITIGATION
  • NUTRITION
  • FOOD SECURITY
  • ACCRA (Ghana)
  • GHANA
  • Ghana
  • Accra
  • Ghana
Genre/Form
  • graph.
  • graphique.
  • gráfico.
Note
  • "The International Food Policy Research Institute; In collaboration with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and The World Health Organization."
  • "December 1999."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-172)
ISBN
  • 0896291154
  • 9780896291157
LCCN
99087101
OCLC
  • ocm43118272
  • 43118272
  • SCSB-1133933
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library