This study uses data from the December 2003 Food Security Supplement of the CPS to compare the food insufficiency and … insecurity measures with objective measures of food expenditures and objective and subjective measures of food needs. The study … examines the general relationships between these variables and finds that reports of food hardships are positively associated …

We decompose the relationship between food aid and conflict into the channels through which food aid can affect … empirical evidence on the effect of food aid on conflict shows that none of the previous studies proposes a compelling … estimation and ii) identifying the channels through which food aid influences conflict. We argue that future work should contain …

intervention in India. Using panel data, we examine the effectiveness of the use of iron and iodine fortified salt in school …

Zimbabwe faces growth and external competitiveness challenges, as indicated by its low trend growth and investment … stimulate exports and growth. Under any currency regime, Zimbabwe needs to adhere to sound macroeconomic policies, avoid …

has examined complementarities in production, we propose that sectors make similar input decisions because of … complementarities in information acquisition. Because information about driving forces has a high fixed cost of production and a low … correlated production choices. This mechanism amplifies the effects of common shocks, relative to sectoral shocks. …

Food insecurity is one of the most, if not the most, significant, nutrition-related public health issue confronted in … the US. Unfortunately, we know very little about the determinants of food security except that it is not synonymous with … poverty. Many households above the poverty line are food insecure; many below are not. We investigate a lack of financial …

food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold … for village program eligibility. We find eligible farmers experienced significant increases in agricultural production …, savings and wage income, which lead to improved food security. Given minimal changes in the adoption of relatively expensive …

-term impact on food security, household savings, assets and participation in microfinance. Participant women are less likely to be …