Poverty classification using machine learning: The case of Jordan

A Alsharkawi, M Al-Fetyani, M Dawas, H Saadeh… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The scope of this paper is focused on the multidimensional poverty problem in Jordan.
Household expenditure and income surveys provide data that are used for identifying and …

School dropout prediction and feature importance exploration in Malawi using household panel data: machine learning approach

H Colak Oz, Ç Güven, G Nápoles - Journal of Computational Social …, 2023 - Springer
Designing early warning systems through machine learning (ML) models to identify students
at risk of dropout can improve targeting mechanisms and lead to efficient social policy …

Food insecurity and related factors among farming families in Takhar region, Afghanistan

SA Samim, Z Hu, S Stepien, SY Amini, R Rayee, K Niu… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Improved food security remains a major challenge for policymakers in Afghanistan. The
objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence and drivers of food insecurity among …

Measuring non-monetary poverty in the coffee heartlands of Laos and Rwanda: comparing MPI and EDI frameworks

P Illien, E Birachi, M Douangphachanh… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Poverty reduction is a key objective of development interventions. Evaluating the
effectiveness of policies and programmes thus requires practical, reliable and context …

Machine learning techniques for the identification of risk factors associated with food insecurity among adults in Arab countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

R Qasrawi, M Hoteit, R Tayyem, K Bookari… - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Background A direct consequence of global warming, and strongly correlated with poor
physical and mental health, food insecurity is a rising global concern associated with low …

Identification and prediction of association patterns between nutrient intake and anemia using machine learning techniques: results from a cross-sectional study with …

R Qasrawi, M Badrasawi, DA Al-Halawa… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose This study utilized data mining and machine learning (ML) techniques to identify
new patterns and classifications of the associations between nutrient intake and anemia …

[PDF][PDF] A comparison of machine learning and deep learning models for predicting household food security status

M Nigus, HL Shashirekha - IJEER, 2022 - academia.edu
░ ABSTRACT-ML and DL algorithms are becoming more popular to predict household food
security status, which can be used by the governments and policymakers of the country to …

Prevention is better than cure: Machine learning approach to conflict prediction in sub-Saharan Africa

M Musumba, N Fatema, S Kibriya - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article offers policymakers and researchers pragmatic and sustainable approaches to
identify and mitigate conflict threats by looking beyond p-values and plausible instruments …

Investigating the Association between Nutrient Intake and Food Insecurity among Children and Adolescents in Palestine Using Machine Learning Techniques

R Qasrawi, S Sgahir, M Nemer, M Halaikah… - Children, 2024 - mdpi.com
Food insecurity is a public health concern that affects children worldwide, yet it represents a
particular burden for low-and middle-income countries. This study aims to utilize machine …

[PDF][PDF] Food insecurity through machine learning lens: identifying vulnerable households

SIA Meerza, SIA Meerza, A Ahamed - 2021 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
The main objective of this study is to identify key household characteristics that discriminate
between food-secure (FS) and food-insecure (FI) households. This study uses both machine …