Assessing the Impact of Migration on Food and Nutrition Security

Migration has become a key component in the livelihood strategies of an increasing number of households across the developing world and remittances have expanded dramatically in the last decade. This has come at a time when an increased emphasis has been placed on reducing malnutrition to achieve Mi...

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Main Authors:	Zezza, Alberto, Carletto, Calogero, Davis, Benjamin, Winters, Paul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 Remittances F240 Health Production I120 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5037

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spelling	okr-10986-50372021-04-23T14:02:20Z Assessing the Impact of Migration on Food and Nutrition Security Zezza, Alberto Carletto, Calogero Davis, Benjamin Winters, Paul Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis D120 Remittances F240 Health Production I120 Demographic Trends and Forecasts General Migration J110 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Migration has become a key component in the livelihood strategies of an increasing number of households across the developing world and remittances have expanded dramatically in the last decade. This has come at a time when an increased emphasis has been placed on reducing malnutrition to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. While this is the case, there has been little attention on the interface between migration and nutrition even though migration can influence nutrition through a number of channels. The objective of this special issue is to present state-of-the-art analyses of the link between migration and nutrition in developing countries. In this paper, an overview of the conceptual and empirical issues in identifying the link between migration and nutrition are considered. Further, the results from seven country case studies are synthesized and policy implications are drawn. 2012-03-30T07:30:58Z 2012-03-30T07:30:58Z 2011 Journal Article Food Policy 03069192 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5037 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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description	Migration has become a key component in the livelihood strategies of an increasing number of households across the developing world and remittances have expanded dramatically in the last decade. This has come at a time when an increased emphasis has been placed on reducing malnutrition to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. While this is the case, there has been little attention on the interface between migration and nutrition even though migration can influence nutrition through a number of channels. The objective of this special issue is to present state-of-the-art analyses of the link between migration and nutrition in developing countries. In this paper, an overview of the conceptual and empirical issues in identifying the link between migration and nutrition are considered. Further, the results from seven country case studies are synthesized and policy implications are drawn.
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author	Zezza, Alberto Carletto, Calogero Davis, Benjamin Winters, Paul
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title	Assessing the Impact of Migration on Food and Nutrition Security
title_short	Assessing the Impact of Migration on Food and Nutrition Security
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title_full_unstemmed	Assessing the Impact of Migration on Food and Nutrition Security
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Assessing the Impact of Migration on Food and Nutrition Security

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