401. Regional developments: Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
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Badiane, Ousmane, Collins, Julia, Makombe, Tsitsi, Breisinger, Clemens, Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Ecke, rOlivier, Resnick, Danielle, Akramov, Kamiljon, Park, Allen, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Chen, Kevin, Timmer, Peter, and Torero, Maximo
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Agricultural policies ,Nutrition policies ,food policy ,food security ,Nutrition ,Hunger ,malnutrition ,stunting ,undernourishment ,obesity ,Diet ,Gender ,Women ,Agricultural research ,rural areas ,Poverty ,social protection ,social safety nets ,Risk ,Climactic risk ,Climate change ,droughts ,shocks ,weather shocks ,political shocks ,economic shocks ,Governance ,food safety ,Aquaculture ,Fisheries ,trade ,exports ,Markets ,resilience ,Agricultural development ,economic development ,Sustainable Development Goals ,Children ,Sanitation ,hygiene ,water use ,Ebola ,infectious diseases ,epidemics ,conflict ,migration ,refugees ,middle income countries ,Smallholders ,food prices ,volatility ,Land use ,Land rights ,Land tenure ,value chains ,indicators ,public expenditure ,capacity building ,capacity strengthening ,Latin America ,East Africa ,West Africa ,Southern Africa ,Africa south of Sahara ,Middle East ,North Africa ,South Asia ,Central Asia ,East Asia ,South East Asia - Abstract
In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The individual regional sections cover many critical topics: 1. Renewed focus on the role of agriculture in broad economic growth, poverty reduction, and food and nutrition security in Africa 2. Policy reforms in fuel subsidies, agriculture, and food trade in the Middle East and North Africa 3. Economic challenges and opportunities for Central Asia’s food system 4. Responses to high food inflation and climatic risk in South Asia 5. Laying of the groundwork for multilateral cooperation on food policy in East Asia 6. Progress in South-South learning initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean tempered by weather and other shocks