Food Security: Indicators, Measurement, and the Impact of Trade Openness

by Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis, Benjamin Davis, Shabd S. Acharya

What are the implications of the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture for food security in poor countries? Are economic reforms and high growth rates in some countries protecting the well-being of the poor by improving the status of nutrition? Are we measuring hunger adequately? Do we need new tools and indicators? Does women's socio-economic status matter for child-health? Are targeted programmes successful in identifying and helping the truly needy?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199236550
• ISBN13: 9780199236558
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"