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    World Bank Responds to Ethiopian Food Security Concerns

    By Ivy Mungcal // 25 October 2009

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    has approved a USD350 million grant and a USD130 million loan to support the third phase of Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program, which is designed to keep millions of Ethiopian families out of poverty and help them secure their food supply. The bank will also help finance the country's Household Asset Building Program, which helps food-insecure families diversify their income sources and increase their productive assets.

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