Self-Reported Food Insecurity in Africa During the Food Price Crisis

Verpoorten, Marijke; Arora, Abhimanyu; Swinnen, Johan

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1995538

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“…It has been associated with negative impacts on human development such as increased poverty and inequality (3) and with adverse health outcomes such as increased risk of being obese (4,5) , having type 2 diabetes (6,7) and other chronic conditions (8,9) , as well as mental health problems (10–12) . Food insecurity has also been correlated with poor economic growth (13) . The probability of being food insecure has been reported to decline with income; therefore, negative income shocks are expected to increase the probability of being food insecure (14) .…”

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The impact of the 2008 financial crisis on food security and food expenditures in Mexico: a disproportionate effect on the vulnerable

Vilar‐Compte

Sandoval-Olascoaga

Bernal-Stuart

et al. 2014

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective The present paper investigated the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on food security in Mexico and how it disproportionally affected vulnerable households. Design A generalized ordered logistic regression was estimated to assess the impact of the crisis on households’ food security status. An ordinary least squares and a quantile regression were estimated to evaluate the effect of the financial crisis on a continuous proxy measure of food security defined as the share of a household’s current income devoted to food expenditures. Setting Both analyses were performed using pooled cross-sectional data from the Mexican National Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2008 and 2010. Subjects The analytical sample included 29 468 households in 2008 and 27 654 in 2010. Results The generalized ordered logistic model showed that the financial crisis significantly (P < 0·05) decreased the probability of being food secure, mildly or moderately food insecure, compared with being severely food insecure (OR = 0·74). A similar but smaller effect was found when comparing severely and moderately food-insecure households with mildly food-insecure and food-secure households (OR = 0·81). The ordinary least squares model showed that the crisis significantly (P < 0·05) increased the share of total income spent on food (β coefficient of 0·02). The quantile regression confirmed the findings suggested by the generalized ordered logistic model, showing that the effects of the crisis were more profound among poorer households. Conclusions The results suggest that households that were more vulnerable before the financial crisis saw a worsened effect in terms of food insecurity with the crisis. Findings were consistent with both measures of food security – one based on self-reported experience and the other based on food spending.

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The impact of the 2008 financial crisis on food security and food expenditures in Mexico: a disproportionate effect on the vulnerable

Vilar‐Compte

Sandoval-Olascoaga

Bernal-Stuart

et al. 2014

Public Health Nutr.

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“…A reduction in energy intake of 21% in Africa would cause average energy consumption to drop below the lowest level ever estimated by the FAO (the earliest estimates are for 1961). The estimate also contrasts with surveys of self-reported food insecurity conducted before and after the price shock, which found modest increases at most, although some of the disparity may have resulted from assumptions about income change [43]. …”

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Four issues in undernutrition-related health impact modeling

Scovronick

Chalabi

Wilkinson

2013

Emerg Themes Epidemiol

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Undernutrition modeling makes it possible to evaluate the potential impact of such events as a food-price shock or harvest failure on the prevalence and severity of undernutrition. There are, however, uncertainties in such modeling. In this paper we discuss four methodological issues pertinent to impact estimation: (1) the conventional emphasis on energy intake rather than dietary quality; (2) the importance of the distribution of nutrient intakes; (3) the timing of both the ‘food shock’ and when the response is assessed; and (4) catch-up growth and risk accumulation.

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Effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on population health

Habibov

Auchynnikava

Luo

et al. 2018

Health Planning & Management

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SummaryWe compare the transmission channels through which the 2008 global financial crisis affected health. We find that postponing or skipping visits to the doctor after falling ill and stopping buying regular medication had the strongest negative effects on health, followed by a reduced consumption of staple foods, utilities being cut, being forced to move, and having to sell assets. In comparison, experiencing cuts in TV, phone, and internet services, as well as delaying payments for utilities had relatively weaker negative impacts. In contrast, having a household head or household member lose a job also had negative effects on health status, although this effect was relatively lower. Finally, a reduced flow of remittances had the weakest negative effect.

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Self-Reported Food Insecurity in Africa During the Food Price Crisis

Cited by 29 publications

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The impact of the 2008 financial crisis on food security and food expenditures in Mexico: a disproportionate effect on the vulnerable

The impact of the 2008 financial crisis on food security and food expenditures in Mexico: a disproportionate effect on the vulnerable

Four issues in undernutrition-related health impact modeling

Effects of the 2008 global financial crisis on population health

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