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FOOD ASSISTANCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF 2003 RESEARCH GRANTS

Tiehen, Laura - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2004

insecurity and hunger, the dynamics of food assistance program participation, obesity, and the role of community factors in …

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SECOND FOOD SECURITY MEASUREMENT AND RESEARCH CONFERENCE, VOLUME II: PAPERS

Prell, Mark A. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2001

The Second Food Security Measurement and Research Conference (23-24, 1999) was co-sponsored by the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service and Economic Research Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Center for Health Satistics. The conference...

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DYNAMICS OF POVERTY AND FOOD SUFFICIENCY

Ribar, David C.; Hamrick, Karen S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2003

This study examines dynamics in poverty and food insufficiency using newly available longitudinal data from the 1993 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation SIPP) and the follow-on Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD). The study uses these data to characterize the incidence and...

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Lesons Government Failure: Public Goods Provision and Quality of Public Investment

Virmani, Arvind - eSocialSciences - 2007

also tries to relate the policy experience to the issues of aggregate poverty, income distribution and hunger at an …

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Restricted Opportunities, Personal Choices, Ineffective Policies: What Explains Food Insecurity in Oregon?

Edwards, Mark Evan; Weber, Bruce A.; Bernell, Stephanie L. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 31 (2006) 02

average rate of hunger in the nation and ranked in the top five states with respect to food insecurity. Statistical analyses …

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Poverty Begins at Home? Questioning some (Mis)conceptions about Children, Poverty and Privation in Female-Headed Households

Chant, Sylvia - eSocialSciences - 2007

Grounded in a popular stereotype that female-headed households are the â€˜poorest of the poorâ€™, it is often assumed that women and children suffer greater poverty than in households which conform with a more common (and idealised) male-headed arrangement. In addition, a conjectured...

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How are We doing on Poverty and Hunger Reduction? A New Measyre of Country-Level Progress

Gentilini, Ugo - Dipartimento di Economia, Università degli Studi di Roma 3 - 2006

Progress toward eradicating poverty and hunger is patchy and generally too slow. New impetus is needed to meet …. 1 (MDG-1) aims to halve the proportion of people affected by poverty and hunger by 2015. The five indicators officially … Development Index, a new composite indicator – Poverty and Hunger Index (PHI) – that combines on all 5 measures together provides …

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Sinopsis: Informe De La Nutricion Mundial 2014: Fortalecer la accion y la responsabilidad para acelerar los progresos en nutricion en el mundo

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); … - 2014

Una buena nutrición es fundamental para promover vidas saludables, medios de subsistencia sólidos y resistentes, y economías prósperas. Sin ella, estos empeños se asientan sobre terreno inestable. Los niños con retraso de crecimiento no pueden crecer ni desarrollarse adecuadamente, y...

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Synthèse: L'indice de la faim dans le monde 2014

von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014

Le rapport de l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014 – neuvième édition – propose une mesure multidimensionnelle de la faim au niveau national, régional et mondial. Le GHI 2014 montre les progrès effectués en matière de réduction de la faim depuis 1990, mais des efforts restent à...

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2013 Welthunger-Index: Herausforderung Hunger: Widerstandsfähigkeit stärken Ernährung sichern

von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013

Die globale Hungersituation hat sich seit 1990 verbessert, wie der Welthunger-Index 2013 anhand von Daten aus dem Zeitraum 2008–2012 zeigt. Der WHI ist um ein Drittel gesunken. Dennoch ist die weltweite Hungersituation nach wie vor "ernst". 870 Millionen Menschen hatten laut Schatzungen der...

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