Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Publication date
01/07/1997
Field of study
WP 1997-14 July 1997The methodologies employed by FAD, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to quantify the extent of global hunger during the past 50 years are examined. The methodologies are shown to be less than perfect and to contain built-in biases favoring exaggeration. They have also proved amenable to manipulation by those with a political agenda to pursue. Other approaches to measuring world hunger should therefore be sought
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Publication date
01/08/1999
Field of study
WP 1999-18 August 1999This paper focuses on the global demand for food during the next 50 years and offers a simple methodology for quantifying the impact rising incomes will have on per capita demand