The Challenge of Measuring Hunger
There 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 expen...
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okr-10986-168142021-04-23T14:03:33Z The Challenge of Measuring Hunger De Weerdt, Joachim Beegle, Kathleen Friedman, Jed Gibson, John ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURE ANIMAL FEED BREASTFEEDING CALORIE AVAILABILITY CALORIE CONTENT CALORIE INTAKE CALORIE REQUIREMENTS CASSAVA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DIET DIETARY DIVERSITY DIETARY ENERGY ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMILY MEMBERS FOOD ACCESS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD COMPOSITION FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE FOOD CONSUMPTION INFORMATION FOOD CRISIS FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD LOSSES FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD QUANTITY FOOD RECALL FOOD STOCKS FOODS FRUIT GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL HUNGER GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN ENERGY HUNGER HUNGRY HUNGRY PEOPLE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION METABOLISM NUTRIENT NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION POLICIES NUTRITIONISTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POTATOES POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY REDUCTION PROTEIN RICE ROOT CROPS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL SETTINGS SNACKS SWEET POTATOES TARGETING TUBERS WORLD FOOD SUMMIT There 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. 2014-02-03T20:18:03Z 2014-02-03T20:18:03Z 2014-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18741920/challenge-measuring-hunger http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16814 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6736 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa |
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ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURE ANIMAL FEED BREASTFEEDING CALORIE AVAILABILITY CALORIE CONTENT CALORIE INTAKE CALORIE REQUIREMENTS CASSAVA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DIET DIETARY DIVERSITY DIETARY ENERGY ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMILY MEMBERS FOOD ACCESS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD COMPOSITION FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE FOOD CONSUMPTION INFORMATION FOOD CRISIS FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD LOSSES FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD QUANTITY FOOD RECALL FOOD STOCKS FOODS FRUIT GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL HUNGER GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN ENERGY HUNGER HUNGRY HUNGRY PEOPLE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION METABOLISM NUTRIENT NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION POLICIES NUTRITIONISTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POTATOES POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY REDUCTION PROTEIN RICE ROOT CROPS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL SETTINGS SNACKS SWEET POTATOES TARGETING TUBERS WORLD FOOD SUMMIT |
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ACCESS TO FOOD AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURE ANIMAL FEED BREASTFEEDING CALORIE AVAILABILITY CALORIE CONTENT CALORIE INTAKE CALORIE REQUIREMENTS CASSAVA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DIET DIETARY DIVERSITY DIETARY ENERGY ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMILY MEMBERS FOOD ACCESS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD COMPOSITION FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE FOOD CONSUMPTION INFORMATION FOOD CRISIS FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INTAKE FOOD ITEMS FOOD LOSSES FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD QUANTITY FOOD RECALL FOOD STOCKS FOODS FRUIT GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY GLOBAL HUNGER GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN ENERGY HUNGER HUNGRY HUNGRY PEOPLE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION METABOLISM NUTRIENT NUTRITION NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION POLICIES NUTRITIONISTS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POTATOES POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY REDUCTION PROTEIN RICE ROOT CROPS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL SETTINGS SNACKS SWEET POTATOES TARGETING TUBERS WORLD FOOD SUMMIT De Weerdt, Joachim Beegle, Kathleen Friedman, Jed Gibson, John The Challenge of Measuring Hunger |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6736 |
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There 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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
De Weerdt, Joachim Beegle, Kathleen Friedman, Jed Gibson, John |
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De Weerdt, Joachim Beegle, Kathleen Friedman, Jed Gibson, John |
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De Weerdt, Joachim |
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The Challenge of Measuring Hunger |
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The Challenge of Measuring Hunger |
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The Challenge of Measuring Hunger |
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The Challenge of Measuring Hunger |
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The Challenge of Measuring Hunger |
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challenge of measuring hunger |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18741920/challenge-measuring-hunger http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16814 |
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