We study how two aspects of food insecurity - caloric insufficiency and diet composition - are affected by aggregate economic fluctuations. The use of cross-cou

Includes papers and case studies presented at a FAO workshop held in Rome, Italy from 8 to 10 October 2003

This report examines the extent to which year-to-year changes in the prevalence of U.S. house-hold food insecurity can be explained by changes in the national u

This report examines the extent to which year-to-year changes in the prevalence of U.S. household food insecurity can be explained by changes in the national un

Traditionally, economic growth and business cycles have been treated independently. However, the dependence of GDP levels on its history of shocks, what economi