Seasonal Hunger and Public Policies: Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh

by Shahidur R. Khandker and Wahiduddin Mahmud

Agricultural development through crop diversification, irrigation, high yielding crop varieties, and public investments in infrastructure has improved food security and its seasonal dimension worldwide in recent years. Consequently, the severity of seasonal hunger caused by agricultural crop cycles has lessened substantially. Yet in agricultural pockets scattered throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, seasonal hunger persists, especially among the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082139553X
• ISBN13: 9780821395530
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"