Food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa : new estimates from household expenditure surveys
Lisa C. Smith; Harold Alderman; Dede Aduayom
| Year of publication: |
c 2006
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| Authors: | Smith, Lisa C. ; Alderman, Harold ; Aduayom, Dede Houeto |
| Publisher: |
Washington, DC : Internat. Food Policy Research Inst. |
| Subject: | Ernährungssicherung | Food security | Subsahara-Afrika | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | XI, 122 S. graph. Darst., Kt. |
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| Series: | Research report / International Food Policy Research Institute. - Washington, DC : IFPRI, ISSN 0886-7372, ZDB-ID 741342-7. - Vol. 146 |
| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references Summary -- Introduction -- Conceptual and empirical basis for measures of food insecurity -- Data and methods -- Estimates of food insecurity -- Comparison with FAO estimates and related measures -- Evidence on cross-country comparability and other reliability issues -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Data sets not included in the study and reasons why -- Appendix B: Data collection and processing by country -- Appendix C: Standard errors for estimates of food security measures -- Appendix D: Country food security profiles -- Appendix E: Methods of estimating global and regional food energy deficiency prevalences when data are not available for all countries -- Appendix F: Differences in food security measures across total expenditure quintiles when quintiles are not based on predicted expenditures 0605 |
| ISBN: | 0-89629-150-2 |
| Classification: | Agrarwirtschaft ; Regionale Land- und Forstwirtschaft |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003296095