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Global Hunger: The Methodologies Underlying The Official Estimates

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  • Poleman, Thomas T.

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The methodologies employed by FAD, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to quantify the extent of global hunger during the past 50 years are examined. The methodologies are shown to be less than perfect and to contain built-in biases favoring exaggeration. They have also proved amenable to manipulation by those with a political agenda to pursue. Other approaches to measuring world hunger should therefore be sought.

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  • Poleman, Thomas T., 1997. "Global Hunger: The Methodologies Underlying The Official Estimates," Working Papers 127860, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:cudawp:127860
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.127860
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    Food Security and Poverty;

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