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.

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Author details:Silke Gabbert, Hans-Peter Weikard
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
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