Report : Policy dialogue-Technical meeting on poverty alleviation and food security strategies in the Caribbean.

"Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute is a specialized centre of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)--which represents the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Region of the Americas."

"Organized by Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)--in collaboration with The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.

Meeting held "19-21 November 2003, The Hilton Kingston Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica."

Poverty alleviation strategies in Jamaica : lessons learned / Pauline Knight -- Hunger anywhere is a threat to peace everwhere : food sovereignty, nutrition security and poverty alleviation : an NGO perspective / Judith Wedderburn -- Poverty reduction strategies, WTO, sugar and bananas : the experience of the OECS countries / Arlington Chesney and Diana Francis -- Anti-poverty food and nutrition programs in the USA / Peggy Cantfil -- US food and nutrition and anti-poverty initiatives in the Caribbean : global food and education programs / Babette Gainor -- Caribbean Development Bank's investment initiatives to alleviate poverty and improve food security / Ann Marie Chandler -- Food security and poverty : some lessons on gender and information strategies from Africa / Carl Greenidge -- Poverty alleviation and social interventions / Aldrie Henry Lee -- Food security information systems and effective targeting geared towards food and nutrition security and anti-poverty interventions / Lynn Brown -- Measuring social inequalities in health : experiences and lessons learned from Latin America and the Caribbean / Carlos Castillo-Salgado, Enrique Loyola, Ramon Martinez-Piedra, Patricia Najera-Aguilar and Manuel Vidaurre-Arenas -- Inequalities in health and nutrition : policy implications / Cesar Vieira.

The efficacy and effectiveness of social interventions with a nutritional focus at the household level / Beatrice Rogers -- School feeding programs in the Caribbean : opportunities for nutrition security within poverty alleviation strategies / Godfrey Xuereb and Laura D. Richards -- Food, nutrition and anti-poverty programs : the USA experience / Kate Coler -- Regional approaches to anti-poverty programs and food security / Carl Greenidge -- Towards a new food policy strategy for the Caribbean : linking food secutity, health and surveillance / Deep Ford -- Globalization, poverty alleviation and food security in the Caribbean : the imperative for a regional strategy / Sandra Plummer and Edward Greene.

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