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

B-Tier

Journal: Food Policy

Year: 2014

Volume: 44

Issue: C

Pages: 115-128

Authors (4)

te Lintelo, Dolf J.H. (not in RePEc) Haddad, Lawrence J. (not in RePEc) Leavy, Jennifer (University of East Anglia) Lakshman, Rajith (University of Sussex)

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0.503 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

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Abstract

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.

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

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