Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7393819 | World Development | 2015 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
We explore the poverty-food security nexus, using an experience-based indicator of food security constructed using a cross-section sample of slum households in Kolkata, within the framework of a simultaneous ordered probit model. We find, a poor household is also likely to be food insecure. Additionally education, gender, and household composition are major drivers of food insecurity among low-income urban households, with the policy implication that anti-poverty policies should be successful in eliminating household food insecurity, however, they need to be complemented with human capital investment and gender empowerment to be most effective.
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Authors
Chandana Maitra, D.S. Prasada Rao,