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Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorSherpa, Maya
dc.contributor.authorTiwari, Sailesh
dc.contributor.authorSkoufias, Emmanuel
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-02T17:14:02Z
dc.date.available2013-10-02T17:14:02Z
dc.date.issued2013-08
dc.description.abstractUsing nationally representative household survey data from five countries -- three from South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal) and two from Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania and Uganda) -- this paper conducts a systematic assessment of the correlation between various measures of household food security and nutritional outcomes of children. The analysis, following the universally accepted and applied definition of food security, is based on some of the most commonly used indicators of food security. The results show that the various measures of household food security do appear to carry significant signals about the nutritional status of children that reside within the household. This result holds even after the analysis controls for a wide array of other socio-economic characteristics of the households that are generally also thought to be associated with the quality of child nutrition. If using these food security indicators as proxy measures for the underlying nutritional status of children is of some interest, then the results show that simple, cost-effective, and easy-to-collect measures, such as the food consumption score or the dietary diversity score, may carry at least as much information as other measures, such as per capita expenditure or the starchy staple ratio, which require longer and costlier surveys with detailed food consumption modules. Across five different countries in South Asia and Africa, the results suggest that the food consumption score, in particular, performs extremely well in comparison with all other measures from the perspective of nutritional targeting as well as for monitoring nutritional outcomes.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18144818/shorter-cheaper-quicker-better-linking-measures-household-food-security-nutritional-outcomes-bangladesh-nepal-pakistan-uganda-tanzania
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6584
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16017
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6584
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INCOMES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBEEF
dc.subjectBREAD
dc.subjectBREASTFEEDING
dc.subjectBUTTER
dc.subjectCALORIC INTAKE
dc.subjectCALORIE AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectCALORIE INTAKE
dc.subjectCASSAVA
dc.subjectCENTRAL REGIONS
dc.subjectCEREALS
dc.subjectCHILD MALNUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectCHRONIC HUNGER
dc.subjectCHRONIC MALNUTRITION
dc.subjectCHRONIC POVERTY
dc.subjectCLEAN DRINKING WATER
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectCOST-EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectCROP DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectDAILY CALORIES
dc.subjectDAIRY
dc.subjectDIARRHEA
dc.subjectDIETARY DIVERSITY
dc.subjectDIETARY PATTERNS
dc.subjectDIRECT TRANSFERS
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subjectEGGS
dc.subjectESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS
dc.subjectFATS
dc.subjectFOOD ACCESS
dc.subjectFOOD AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD INTAKE
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectFOOD PREFERENCES
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectFOOD QUALITY
dc.subjectFOOD REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY INDICATORS
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY STATUS
dc.subjectFOOD SHARE
dc.subjectFOODS
dc.subjectFRUIT
dc.subjectFRUITS
dc.subjectGRAINS
dc.subjectHONEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectHUNGER
dc.subjectIFPRI
dc.subjectINCOME SHOCK
dc.subjectLEGUMES
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectMALNOURISHED CHILDREN
dc.subjectMEAL
dc.subjectMEAT
dc.subjectMEATS
dc.subjectMICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
dc.subjectMICRONUTRIENTS
dc.subjectMILK
dc.subjectNUTRIENT
dc.subjectNUTRIENTS
dc.subjectNUTRITION POLICY
dc.subjectNUTRITION SECURITY
dc.subjectNUTRITION SURVEILLANCE
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL NEEDS
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL SECURITY
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL VALUE
dc.subjectNUTRITIOUS FOOD
dc.subjectPEANUTS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOOR AREAS
dc.subjectPORK
dc.subjectPOTATOES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPROTEIN
dc.subjectPROTEIN CONTENT
dc.subjectPULSES
dc.subjectQUALITY OF DIET
dc.subjectREGIONAL PATTERNS
dc.subjectRICE
dc.subjectSAFETY NET
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSEAFOOD
dc.subjectSORGHUM
dc.subjectSPICES
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSUGAR
dc.subjectSUGAR PRODUCTS
dc.subjectSWEET POTATOES
dc.subjectTEA
dc.subjectTUBERS
dc.subjectUNDERNUTRITION
dc.subjectVEGETABLES
dc.subjectVITAMIN
dc.subjectVITAMIN A
dc.subjectWFP
dc.subjectWHEAT
dc.subjectWORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
dc.subjectWORLD FOOD SUMMIT
dc.titleShorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzaniaen
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okr.date.disclosure2013-08-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:53:26.716122Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18144818/shorter-cheaper-quicker-better-linking-measures-household-food-security-nutritional-outcomes-bangladesh-nepal-pakistan-uganda-tanzania
okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6584
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.region.countryNepal
okr.region.countryPakistan
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.region.countryUganda
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Nutrition
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicFood and Beverage Industry
okr.topicIndustry
okr.unitPoverty Reduction and Equity Unit, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network
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