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

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spelling	okr-10986-197602021-04-23T14:03:44Z Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali Christiaensen, Luc J. Boisvert, Richard N. Hoddinott, John 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 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 shows that neglecting the future dimension of food insecurity causes serious underestimation of food insecurity in this area. The authors evaluate the performance, relative to their dynamic bemchmark, of three readily available alternative indicators: an agricultural production index, a dietary diversity index, and a coping strategy index. Despite the uneven performance of these indexes relative to the individual components of the dynamic food insecurity indicator developed in the paper, they all demonstrate strong associations with that indicator. This is a promising result, given the urgent demand for reliable indicators of food insecurity. 2014-08-27T17:13:03Z 2014-08-27T17:13:03Z 2000-11 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2471 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Mali
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Christiaensen, Luc J. Boisvert, Richard N. Hoddinott, John Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2471
description	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 shows that neglecting the future dimension of food insecurity causes serious underestimation of food insecurity in this area. The authors evaluate the performance, relative to their dynamic bemchmark, of three readily available alternative indicators: an agricultural production index, a dietary diversity index, and a coping strategy index. Despite the uneven performance of these indexes relative to the individual components of the dynamic food insecurity indicator developed in the paper, they all demonstrate strong associations with that indicator. This is a promising result, given the urgent demand for reliable indicators of food insecurity.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Christiaensen, Luc J. Boisvert, Richard N. Hoddinott, John
author_facet	Christiaensen, Luc J. Boisvert, Richard N. Hoddinott, John
author_sort	Christiaensen, Luc J.
title	Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali
title_short	Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali
title_full	Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali
title_fullStr	Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali
title_full_unstemmed	Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali
title_sort	validating operational food insecurity indicators against a dynamic benchmark : evidence from mali
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	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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Validating Operational Food Insecurity Indicators Against a Dynamic Benchmark : Evidence from Mali

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