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The Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program (CFNPP), created in 1988 within the Division of Nutritional Sciences, conducts applied research and engages in technical cooperation and training on issues of poverty, human resource development, and food and nutrition policy in developing countries and in transition economies of Eastern Europe. Of particular interest is how the pattern and structure of growth, as mediated by economic policies, affect poverty, health and nutrition. Emphasis is on strengthening the capability of institutions and individuals in developing countries to generate and utilize such knowledge and information. CFNPP undertakes research on the effects of government policies on the micro-economy, and its subsequent effects on the poor. Additionally, research focuses on the functioning of markets and the behavior of various agents, including enterprises, households, and individuals, in order to understand how policy changes affect welfare and living standards.
Program Administration
David E. Sahn (International Professor of Economics, Nutritional Science and Economics Departments), Director of Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program
Patricia Mason, Program Assistant
Faculty
Peter Glick (Nutritional Science), Senior Research Associate
Stephen D. Younger (Nutritional Science), Assistant Director and SAGA Research Principal Ravi Kanbur (T.H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, Economics), SAGA Research Principal Christopher Barrett (International Professor, Applied Economics and Management), SAGA
Research Principal
N’Dri Assié-Lumumba (Associate Professor, Africana Studies and Department of Education), SAGA Research Principal
Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue (Associate Professor, Development Sociology)
Visitor
Vusi Gumede, Ph.D., Chief Policy Analyst and Head of Social Policy in the Policy Coordination and Advisory Services, Republic of South Africa.
Highlights for 2007-2008
CFNPP continues to conduct research and engage in technical cooperation and training on issues of human resource development and the alleviation of poverty and malnutrition in developing countries. Of particular concern is how social and economic policies affect poverty, cognition, health, and nutrition. Emphasis is on strengthening the capability of institutions and individuals in developing countries to generate and utilize such knowledge and information. Strategies and Analyses for Access and Growth (SAGA), a multi-year, multi-million dollar, USAID-sponsored
project, will conclude in 2008. The project has dual goals of producing policy-relevant research (see publications listed below) and increasing the capacity of African colleagues to produce such research on issues of economic growth equity and poverty alleviation.
SAGA, in keeping with the goal of increasing African capacity, co-sponsored with the Economy of Ghana Network and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), a Young Economists Outreach Program in early 2008. The two-day interaction was designed to bring together a number of accomplished economists working on Ghana with their younger colleagues who are desirous of developing their careers in economics research and teaching. Discussions and papers by participants focused on economic growth and poverty, analysis of household data, political economy analysis, analysis of aid and development, and trade analysis including economic partnership agreements. Prof. Ravi Kanbur and Prof. Christopher Barrett were co-organizers and presenters at this workshop held January 10-11, 2008 in Ghana.
In collaboration with the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), we organized the Bottom-Up Intervention and Economic Growth in Africa conference in Nairobi, Kenya, May 31- June 1, 2007. This conference was motivated by the observation that while macro level policy reforms in Africa have addressed many economic distortions, its payoff in terms of growth and poverty reduction has been disappointing. The conference presented theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented papers and fostered interaction and dialogue between academics and policy- makers to ensure the relevance of the conference in promoting more enlightened decision- making. In addition to the presence of Dr. Hezron Nyangito, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, other key personalities that participated were Grace Ongile, CEO, (New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Nairobi; Thomas Kibua, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR); John Page, Chief Economist, World Bank; and Stephen Haykin, USAID Mission Director in Kenya; and Rosemary Atieno, Insitute of Development Studies. Cornell University was represented by Professors David Sahn and Ravi Kanbur. Professor William Lyakurwa, Executive Director, and Olu Ajakaiye, Director of Research, represented AERC.
Publications in 2007-2008 included:
• Minten, Bart and Christopher B. Barrett. 2008. Agricultural technology, productivity, and poverty in Madagascar. World Development 36(5):797-822.
• Glick, Peter and David E. Sahn. 2008. Are Africans practicing safer sex? Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys for eight countries. Economic Development and Cultural Change 56(2):397-439.
• Barrett, Christopher. B. 2007. Displaced distortions: Financial market failures and seemingly inefficient resource allocation in low-income rural communities. In Development Economics Between Markets and Institutions: Incentives for Growth, Food Security and Sustainable Use of the Environment. Bulte, Erwin and Ruerd Ruben, eds. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.
• Minten, Bart, Jean-Claude Randrianarisoa, and Christopher B. Barrett. 2007. Productivity in Malagasy rice systems: Wealth-differentiated constraints and priorities. Agricultural Economics 37(s1):237-248.
• Meyerhoefer, C.D., Sahn, D.E. and Younger, S.D. 2007. The joint demand for health care, leisure, and commodities: Implications for health care finance and access in Vietnam. Journal of Development Studies 43(8):1475-1500.
• Duclos, J.-Y., Sahn, D.E., and Younger, S.D. 2007. Using an ordinal approach to multidimensional poverty analysis. In Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measurement, Kakwani, N. and Silber, J., eds., Palgrave-MacMillan.
• Glick, P., Marini, A. and Sahn, D.E. 2007. Estimating the consequences of unintended fertility for child health and education in Romania: An analysis using twins data. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 69(5):667-691.
• Duclos, J.-Y., Sahn, D.E., and Younger, S.D. 2007. Robust multidimensional poverty comparisons with discrete indicators of well-being. In Poverty and Inequality Re-examined, Jenkins, S.P. and Micklewright, J., eds., Oxford University Press.
• Osterloh, S.M. and Barrett, C.B. 2007. The unfulfilled promise of microfinance in Kenya: The KDA experience. In Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development: Lessons from Kenya, Barrett, C.B., Mude, A.G. and Omiti, J.M., eds., CAB International. • Munyao, K. and Barrett, C.B. 2007. Is decentralization of pastoral resources management the
answer? Evidence from northern Kenya. In Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development: Lessons from Kenya, Barrett, C.B., Mude, A.G. and Omiti, J.M., eds., CAB International.
• Leon, M. and Younger, S.D. 2007. Transfer payments, mothers income, and child health in Ecuador. Journal of Development Studies 43(6):1126-1143.
• Glick, P. and Sahn, D.E. 2007. Changes in HIV/AIDS knowledge and testing behavior in Africa: How much and for whom? Journal of Population Economics 20(2):383-422.
• Lybbert, T.J., Barrett, C.B., McPeak, J.G. and Luseno, W.K. 2007. Bayesian herders: Updating of rainfall beliefs in response to external climate forecasts. World Development 35(3):480-497. Contact Information David E. Sahn 3M12 MVR Hall Phone: (607) 255-8093 Fax: (607) 255-0178 [email protected]
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