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A model of vulnerability to food insecurity

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  • Capaldo, Jeronim
  • Karfakis, Panagiotis
  • Knowles, Marco
  • Smulders, Mark

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Empirical findings show that access to adequate and sufficient food in developing countries is unstable, suggesting that whether a household or individual is food secure at any point in time is best thought of in a dynamic sense. The more widely used food security analysis methods mainly consider current access to food, failing to provide policy makers with forward-looking information. While drawing on household survey data, the vulnerability analysis model presented here provides estimates of the probability that a given household will lose or gain access to sufficient food in the near future. We propose a model of vulnerability analysis that can improve policy design and targeting. We test the model with data from a survey of Nicaraguan households.

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  • Capaldo, Jeronim & Karfakis, Panagiotis & Knowles, Marco & Smulders, Mark, 2010. "A model of vulnerability to food insecurity," ESA Working Papers 289020, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:faoaes:289020
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289020
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