The basic objective of the paper is to focus on the role of economic freedom, and inequality in education and land assets as determinants of growth, inequality, poverty and malnutrition. The econometric results confirm that for the countries studied, the aggregate measure of economic freedom...

The global population is forecasted to reach 9.4 billion by 2050, with much of this increase concentrated in developing regions and cities. Ensuring adequate food and nourishment to this large population is a pressing economic, moral and even security challenge and requires research (and action)...