Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali

Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali

The authors develop an explicitly forward-looking indicator of food insecurity that takes into account both current dietary inadequacy and vulnerability to dietary inadequacy in the future. Application of this measure to data from northern Mali sho...

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Main Authors: Christiaensen, Luc J., Boisvert, Richard N., Hoddinott, John
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ADULT MALE
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURE
BULLOCKS
CALORIC INTAKE
CALORIC REQUIREMENT
CALORIC SHORTFALLS
CALORIE INTAKE
CALVES
CATTLE
CEREAL PRODUCTION
CEREALS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
CORRELATION COEFFICIENT
COWS
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
DATA REQUIREMENTS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
DRAFT ANIMALS
ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
FAMINE
FARM
FARM ACTIVITIES
FOOD AID
FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD INTAKE
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOOD SECURITY
FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS
FOOD SHORTAGE
FOOD SHORTAGES
FOODS
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HUMAN CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
LIVESTOCK
LIVING STANDARD
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION
MULTIDIMENSIONAL INDEX
MULTIVARIATE REGRESSIONS
NON-FOOD CONSUMPTION
NUTRITION
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POLICY MAKERS
POOR PEOPLE
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY INDEX
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
RANK CORRELATION
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
SAMPLE HOUSEHOLDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717453/validating-operational-food-insecurity-indicators-against-dynamic-benchmark-evidence-mali
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19760

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/717453/validating-operational-food-insecurity-indicators-against-dynamic-benchmark-evidence-mali
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19760

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