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Food security measures in Sub-Saharan Africa. A validation of the LSMS-ISA scale

Bertelli, Olivia (2020), Food security measures in Sub-Saharan Africa. A validation of the LSMS-ISA scale, Journal of African Economies, 19, 1, p. 90-120. 10.1093/jae/ejz011

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https://academic.oup.com/jae/article/29/1/90/5433366?guestAccessKey=aca88e97-3a71-4555-9b44-ceedfd99c0d1
Date
2020
Journal name
Journal of African Economies
Volume
19
Number
1
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
90-120
Publication identifier
10.1093/jae/ejz011
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Bertelli, Olivia
Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine [LEDa]
Abstract (EN)
Despite the international community’s emphasis on the need to achieve food security, there is still much debate surrounding its measurement, due mainly to its multidimensional aspects. This paper investigates the capacity of a new type of measure, food security scales, to capture dimensions of food security that other measures, such as food expenditures, caloric availability and food diversity, may miss. Drawing on nationally representative household panel data from Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania, I find that the scale is a useful complementary measure to standard measures. Cross-section and panel analysis shows that the scale provides further insights into food vulnerability and coping strategies characteristic of food insecurity, dimensions not captured by the standard measures.
Subjects / Keywords
Food Security; Sub-Saharan Africa; measurement.; C23; I32; O13; O55; Q18
JEL
C23 - Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
O13 - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
O55 - Africa
Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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