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Feeding Five Billion Asians : A Socioeconomic Perspective / Jose Cuesta
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Cuesta, Jose
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food & Beverage Industry.
- Food security.
- Hunger.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Middle class.
- Nutrition.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Regional Economic Developments.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Asia.
- Local Subjects:
- Food & Beverage Industry.
- Food security.
- Hunger.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Middle class.
- Nutrition.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Regional Economic Developments.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (22 pages)
- Other Title:
- Feeding Five Billion Asians
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2013
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper reviews the prospects for long-term food security in Asia, where a significant number of malnourished individuals still live after decades of mixed progress. Evidence shows that poverty reduction on its own will not do the job of eradicating hunger, nor will only increased food production. The region's contribution to high and volatile international food prices is well known, but Asia's potential contributions toward future decreased price uncertainty are much less cited. The changing composition of future food demand in the region will depend on the extent to which poverty reduction effectively leads to middle class expansion, which remains unclear.
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