Measuring the commitment to reduce hunger: A hunger reduction commitment index

Can an index be constructed to assess governments’ commitment to reduce hunger? This paper argues for the need for such an index and outlines one way of constructing it. We use secondary data to construct the Hunger Reduction Commitment Index (HRCI) for 21 developing countries.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	te Lintelo, Dolf J.H. ; Haddad, Lawrence J. ; Leavy, Jennifer ; Lakshman, Rajith
Published in:	Food Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0306-9192. - Vol. 44.2014, C, p. 115-128
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Hunger \| Political commitment \| Index \| Food security

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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