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The Challenge of Measuring Hunger

dc.contributor.authorDe Weerdt, Joachim
dc.contributor.authorBeegle, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorFriedman, Jed
dc.contributor.authorGibson, John
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-03T20:18:03Z
dc.date.available2014-02-03T20:18:03Z
dc.date.issued2014-01
dc.description.abstractThere is widespread interest in the number of hungry people in the world and trends in hunger. Current global counts rely on combining each country's total food balance with information on distribution patterns from household consumption expenditure surveys. Recent research has advocated for calculating hunger numbers directly from these same surveys. For either approach, embedded in this effort are a number of important details about how household surveys are designed and how these data are then used. Using a survey experiment in Tanzania, this study finds great fragility in hunger counts stemming from alternative survey designs. As a consequence, comparable and valid hunger numbers will be lacking until more effort is made to either harmonize survey designs or better understand the consequences of survey design variation.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18741920/challenge-measuring-hunger
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16814
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6736
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO FOOD
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectANIMAL FEED
dc.subjectBREASTFEEDING
dc.subjectCALORIE AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectCALORIE CONTENT
dc.subjectCALORIE INTAKE
dc.subjectCALORIE REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectCASSAVA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectDIET
dc.subjectDIETARY DIVERSITY
dc.subjectDIETARY ENERGY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectFAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subjectFOOD ACCESS
dc.subjectFOOD AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectFOOD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION INFORMATION
dc.subjectFOOD CRISIS
dc.subjectFOOD DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD INTAKE
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFOOD LOSSES
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOOD QUANTITY
dc.subjectFOOD RECALL
dc.subjectFOOD STOCKS
dc.subjectFOODS
dc.subjectFRUIT
dc.subjectGLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectGLOBAL HUNGER
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHUMAN ENERGY
dc.subjectHUNGER
dc.subjectHUNGRY
dc.subjectHUNGRY PEOPLE
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMETABOLISM
dc.subjectNUTRIENT
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectNUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectNUTRITION POLICIES
dc.subjectNUTRITIONISTS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOTATOES
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPROTEIN
dc.subjectRICE
dc.subjectROOT CROPS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL SETTINGS
dc.subjectSNACKS
dc.subjectSWEET POTATOES
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTUBERS
dc.subjectWORLD FOOD SUMMIT
dc.titleThe Challenge of Measuring Hungeren
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.date.disclosure2014-01-01
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18741920/challenge-measuring-hunger
okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6736
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20140102101759
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum18741920
okr.identifier.reportWPS6736
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.sectorFinance::Micro- and SME finance
okr.sectorFinance::General finance sector
okr.sectorHealth and other social services::Other social services
okr.sectorEnergy and mining::General energy sector
okr.sectorTransportation
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management::Poverty strategy, analysis and monitoring
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management::Vulnerability assessment and monitoring
okr.themeSocial dev/gender/inclusion::Gender
okr.themeRural development::Rural non-farm income generation
okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Nutrition
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicFood and Beverage Industry
okr.topicIndustry
okr.unitPoverty and Inequality Team, Development Research Group
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