Food deficits, food security and food aid : concepts and measurement
- The concepts of food deficit, hunger, undernourishment and food security are discussed. Axioms and indices for the assessment of nutrition of individuals and groups are suggested. Furthermore a measure for food aid donor performance is developed and applied to a sample of bilateral and multilateral donors providing food aid for African countries.
| Author details: | Silke Gabbert, Hans-Peter Weikard |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8589 |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge (Bd. 21) |
| Publication type: | Monograph/Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 1998 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2006/09/13 |
| Source: | Finanzwissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge ; 21 / Lehrstuhl für Finanzwissenschaft, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Potsdam |
| RVK - Regensburg classification: | QL 000 |
| Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
| Extern / Extern | |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
