Maximizing the impact of food security
Ruerd Ruben , Ferko Bodnar | 01 February 2025Food security is about making the right choices for food insecure people. Many interventions have had an impact on these people’s lives, but with significant differences in costs and benefits.
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Antonie de Kemp, Stefan Leiderer , Ruerd Ruben | October 10, 2025Budget support is a relatively new, yet already widely criticized, phenomenon. However, despite a lack of evidence of its impact on poverty reduction, it is too early to write it off. Budget support is likely to have a significant long-term impact…
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Ruerd Ruben | 20 January 2025Het WRR Rapport ‘Minder pretentie, meer ambitie’ geeft een zorgvuldige samenvatting van een aantal centrale inzichten rondom de effectiviteit en organisatie van de (Nederlandse) ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Het is een waardevolle en genuanceerde stu…
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