Feeding Five Billion Asians : A Socioeconomic Perspective

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 eradica...

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Main Author:	Cuesta, Jose
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE BIOTECHNOLOGY CALORIC INTAKE CALORIES PER PERSON CASSAVA CHILD MALNUTRITION CITIZENS CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTION POVERTY COOKING CORN COST OF FOOD CREDIT PROGRAM CROP YIELD DAIRY DEMAND FOR FOOD DEMAND FOR MEAT DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DIETARY DIVERSITY DISEASES DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXTREME POVERTY FACT SHEET FAMINE FARMERS FEEDING FOOD DEMAND FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD STOCKS FOOD SUPPLY FRUIT GENETIC ENGINEERING GLOBAL POPULATION GRAIN PRODUCTION GRAINS GREENHOUSE GAS HEALTH CARE HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS HUNGER HYGIENE IFPRI INCOME GROWTH INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL TRADE LARGE CITIES LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAIZE MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN MEAT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL LEVELS NATURAL DISASTERS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION POLICIES NUTRITION TRENDS NUTRITIONAL CONSEQUENCES NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR CHILDREN POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR POLICY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION INCREASES POPULOUS COUNTRIES POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRESS REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL TRENDS RESPECT RICE ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SANITATION SIZEABLE POPULATION SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL WELFARE STARVATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLERANCE UNDERNUTRITION URBANIZATION VEGETABLE OILS VEGETABLES WHEAT WORK FORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17194945/feeding-five-billion-asians-socioeconomic-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12167

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12167

Feeding Five Billion Asians : A Socioeconomic Perspective

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