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A Flexible Model of Food Security : Estimation and Implications for Prediction

Davis, Will; Xilau, Jose O.; Tchernis, Rusty; Gregory, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), we estimate our BGRM for responses to the 10 adult core Food Security … estimates. We explore the BGRM's ability to explain variations in health outcomes associated with food security and compare …

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Measuring food insecurity : Food Affordability Index as a measure of territorial inequalities

Bernaschi, Daniela; Marino, Davide; Felici, Francesca - In: Italian review of agricultural economics 78 (2023) 3, pp. 79-91

The devastating economic and social impact of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine has exacerbated poverty and food insecurity, making it harder for people to access food. Based on a multidimensional understanding of food insecurity, this study focuses on one of the most challenging dimensions for...

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Hunger and Food Insecurity in Nairobi’s Slums : An Assessment Using IRT Models

Faye, Ousmane; Baschieri, Angela; Falkingham, Jane; … - 2014

Nairobi Urban Health and demographic Surveillance System. The reliability and accuracy of the items are tested using both the …

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Poverty, Public Distribution System and Food Security in India : A Household Level Analysis

Srivastav, Nirankar; Dubey, Amaresh - 2011

This paper attempts to estimate the impact of PDS on poverty and calorie deficiency. First we have undertaken an analysis of the households that have access to the PDS, what they purchase, and what are their rupee savings due to their access to the PDS. Next we estimate its impact on poverty...

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Public Distribution System, Poverty and Food Security : An Inter-State Analysis with Special Reference to North-East India

Srivastav, Nirankar - 2011

This paper reviews status of public distribution system and its relationship with the problem of food security and poverty incidence among the north-eastern states of India. Poverty indices for all the states in the NE region are calculated. It appears that the PDS is widely accessible to the...

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Agricultural Policy Reforms and Food Poverty Dynamics in Cote d'Ivoire (Reformes De Politique Agricole Et Dynamique De La Pauvrete Alimentaire En Cote D'Ivoire)

Arsène, Kouadio; Vincent, Monsan; Mamadou, Gbongue - 2013

The principal objective of this paper is to show how relevant is the incentive policy to agricultural investments for food poverty reduction towards agricultural households. The data used for this study are from the 1985-88 CI-LSMS and the 1998 National Statistics Institute's Household Surveys....

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Trends in World Food Security (Tendencias Mundiales En La Seguridad Alimentaria)

Maletta, Hector E. - 2009

: FAO estimates nearly 800 million people eat insufficient food, below the minimum allowance to maintain good health, and … people consuming less than the minimum amount of food compatible with good health) has correspondingly gone down, according … nobody disputes the trend. The nutrition and health effect is also perceptible. Life expectancy is increasing, and preschool …

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Food Insecurity in South Africa : Evidence from NIDS-CRAM Wave 5

van der Berg, Servaas; Patel; Grace Bridgman, Grace Bridgman - 2022

The results of the fifth and final wave of the National Income Dynamics Study – Coronavirus Rapid Mobile (NIDS-CRAM) survey reported in this paper provide an update and analysis of the trend in household food insecurity and hunger during the past year in South Africa. In a previous paper in...

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Global Food Price Shock and the Poor in Egypt and Ukraine

Maliszewska, Maryla; Abouleinein, Soheir Ibrahim; … - 2010

The global food price shock of 2006-2008 has particularly affected poorer strata of populations in several developing countries. In Egypt and some other countries it has put food subsidy schemes to the test. This paper develops two comparable computable general equilibrium models for Egypt and...

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Food Demand and Cash Transfers : A Collective Household Approach with Homescan Data

Lin, Xirong - 2022

I study how individual preferences and bargaining power within older couples affects the impact of cash transfers on food demand. Using longitudinal Homescan data, I find that wives have stronger preferences for food than husbands, and that household demand patterns for food are affected by...

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