Database on hunger: outcomes and drivers
Motivation
This research on indicators and drivers will
allow drawing conclusions on the key determinants of Food and Nutrition
Security and on how various factors affect FNS.
Research
set-up and objectives
The core objective is to produce historical
and cross-country evidence on the occurrence of hunger and malnutrition and its
underlying determinants, with special attention to the effectiveness of local
and development aid policies. Thus, this research group will provide new
insights into the economic, social and political determinants of food and
nutrition security by making use of new datasets and lessons learnt from recent
global developments.
Research
approach
A series of updated and new databases and a country typology
will be developed. These data will, for the first time, allow an estimation of the impacts of (domestic and global) agricultural
policies and political institutions on FNS indicators over a long period of
time and across many countries (through a typology of FNS performance and
determinants). This research group will conduct a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the determinants of FNS in
developing countries as well as of importance and causes of FNS in the EU. Most advanced econometric methods will be used and a special focus will be on the role domestic and international
policies can play in mitigating FNS risk.
Outcome
Database (restricted access only).
Two case studies to assess the long-term trends in FNS in two new EU-member state countries (Romania and Slovakia).
Publications
FOODSECURE working paper no. 5
FOODSECURE working paper no. 6
Contact
Nathalie Francken
Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, Belgium
e-mail: Nathalie.Francken@kuleuven.be