This paper reviews some of the existing food security indicators, discussing the validity of the
underlying concept and the expected reliability of measures under reasonably feasible …

During the past decades, there has been much debate on food security. A variety of
indicators have been proposed in order to establish which countries are in need of improved …

As the post-MDG era approaches in 2016, reducing child undernutrition is gaining high
priority on the international development agenda, both as a maker and marker of …

Most countries in the world periodically collect data on household consumption or
expenditure through sample surveys. Household budget surveys (HBS) and household …

Several measures of food insecurity, whether at the household or at the national level, have
been introduced during the past two or three decades. Some concentrate on the …

The paper presents an economic evaluation of food and the cost of food insecurity. Building
on behavioral regularities of consumer behavior, the analysis estimates the benefit of food at …

There is intense debate in the literature about how important economic growth is for solving
the problem of undernourishment. This paper focuses on the rate of change in the …

Food security is a major topic in academic and international debates. Numerous indicators
have been proposed in order to establish which countries are in need of improved food …

I examine whether access to public transportation reduces the probability of food insecurity
for households. The data set combines information from the Current Population Survey Food …

Emerging countries that have defaulted on their debt repayment obligations in the past are
more likely to default again in the future than are non-defaulters even with the same external …