What can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming?

Poverty maps are easily used, easily understood, and objectively verifiable. Using them for politically sensitive decisions, such as where to locate food assistance projects, is likely more acceptable than basing such decisions on obscure and complex or subjective criteria. Coupled with timely infor...

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Autor principal: Benson, Todd
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157906
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description Poverty maps are easily used, easily understood, and objectively verifiable. Using them for politically sensitive decisions, such as where to locate food assistance projects, is likely more acceptable than basing such decisions on obscure and complex or subjective criteria. Coupled with timely information on the occurrence of events that increase the risk of households facing food shortages, poverty maps can be used to map vulnerability to food insecurity.
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spelling CGSpace1579062025-02-24T06:47:35Z What can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming? Benson, Todd poverty research methodology food aid household surveys data collection Poverty maps are easily used, easily understood, and objectively verifiable. Using them for politically sensitive decisions, such as where to locate food assistance projects, is likely more acceptable than basing such decisions on obscure and complex or subjective criteria. Coupled with timely information on the occurrence of events that increase the risk of households facing food shortages, poverty maps can be used to map vulnerability to food insecurity. 2003 2024-10-24T12:52:27Z 2024-10-24T12:52:27Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157906 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155564 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158017 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute World Food Programme Benson, Todd. 2003. What can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming? Linking Research and Action: strengthening food assistance and food policy research -- IFPRI/WFP brief. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157906
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What can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming?
title What can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming?
title_full What can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming?
title_fullStr What can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming?
title_full_unstemmed What can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming?
title_short What can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming?
title_sort what can poverty maps tell us for food assistance programming
topic poverty
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