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

•We develop new methods to assess governments’ political commitment to reduce hunger.•We construct indices of political commitment for 21 developing countries.•Malawi tops HRCI country rankings.•Disentangling hunger commitments from hunger outcomes sharply affects rankings. Can an index be construct...

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Published in:	Food policy Vol. 44; pp. 115 - 128
Main Authors:	te Lintelo, Dolf J.H., Haddad, Lawrence J., Leavy, Jennifer, Lakshman, Rajith
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-02-2014 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Appropriations and expenditures Brazil China (People's Republic) Civil society Commitments Construction Developing countries Food security Gambia Government spending Governments Guinea Hunger Index Indexes LDCs Lists Nepal Policies Political commitment Political commitments Poverty alleviation Poverty relief Public policy Ranking Rating Reduction Secondary analysis Senegal Wealth Political commitment Hunger Index Food security
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