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Food security : indicators, measurement, and the impact of trade openness / edited by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Shabd S. Acharya and Benjamin Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in development economics.
- UNU-WIDER studies in development economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply--Developing countries.
- Food supply.
- Food supply--Research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (396 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What are the implications of the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture for food security in poor countries? Are economic reforms and high growth rates in some countries protecting the well-being of the poor by improving the status of nutrition? Are we measuring hunger adequately? Do we need new tools and indicators? Does women's socio-economic status matter for child-health? Are targeted programmes successful in identifying and helping the truly needy?Despite the scale of human suffering inflicted by malnutrition, the fight against world hunger has recently been overshadowed by the campaign to end po
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introduction; Part I: Issues in Measurement and the Quantitative Analysis of Food Security; 2. Measuring Food Security Using Respondents' Perception of Food Consumption Adequacy; 3. Measures of Food Insecurity at the Household Level; 4. Tomorrow's Hunger: A Framework for Analysing Vulnerability to Food Security; 5. Women's Status and Children's Food Security in Pakistan; 6. The Changing Pattern of Undernutrition in India: A Comparative Analysis Across Regions
- 7. Food Security in Vietnam During the 1990s: The Empirical Evidence8. Measuring the Efficacy of Targeted Schemes: Public Works Programmes in India; Part II: Trade Openness, the WTO, and Food Security; 9. The Impact of Domestic and International Commodity Price Volatility on Agricultural Income Instability in Ghana, Vietnam, and Peru; 10. Agricultural Support Measures of Developed Countries and Food Insecurity in Developing Countries; 11. An Analysis of the Potential Impact of the Current WTO Agricultural Negotiations on Government Strategies in the SADC Region
- 12. International Trade, Food Security, and the Response to the WTO in South Asian Countries13. Does the WTO Agreement on Agriculture Endanger Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa?; 14. Food Retailing, Supermarkets, and Food Security: Highlights from Latin America; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4356-2218-9
- 9786611163945
- 0-19-152866-8
- 1-281-16394-5
- OCLC:
- 190964145
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