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Does monetary poverty reflect caloric intake?

Egg, Johny; Bocoum, Ibrahima; Prevel, Yves Martin; Dury, Sandrine; Herrera, Javier (2014), Does monetary poverty reflect caloric intake?, Food Security, 6, 1, p. 113-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-013-0318-0

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
Date
2014
Journal name
Food Security
Volume
6
Number
1
Publisher
Springer
Pages
113-130
Publication identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-013-0318-0
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Author(s)
Egg, Johny
Bocoum, Ibrahima
Prevel, Yves Martin
Dury, Sandrine
Herrera, Javier
Abstract (EN)
The use of expenditure surveys to measure food insecurity is widely discussed. In this study, we investigate food insecurity in terms of monetary poverty. Using a Malian survey that incorporates exceptionally detailed information on food consumption, we estimate that 35 % of the households are in a paradoxical situation, some poor households managing to cover their caloric requirements by eating cheap calories and some non-poor households not doing so because they consume expensive calories and/or face constraints such as the obligation to share meals with visitors and high expenditure on health care or transportation. These findings highlight precautions that need to be taken when measuring food insecurity through monetary income or expenditure indicators.
Subjects / Keywords
Mali; Household surveys; Caloric intake; Food insecurity; Poverty
JEL
I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O55 - Africa

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