Focus on Food Insecurity and Vulnerability

A review of the UN System Common Country Assessments and World Bank Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

Prepared in collaboration with the FIVIMS Secretariat, FAO by a team from Wageningen University and Research Centre

comprising:

P.S. Bindraban,
H.L. Aalbers, H.A.J. Moll,
I.D. Brouwer, M. van Dorp,
C.B. Houtman, M.L. Brouwer,
M.M.M. Zuurbier, E.C.M. Hagenaars

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Table of Contents

ABSTRACT

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

Background
Institutional context

FIVIMS
The CCA-UNDAF process
The World Bank PRSP process
Wageningen University and Research Centre
Integrating FIVIMS in the CCA and PRSP process

Purpose of the review
The FAO-WUR agreement
Report structure

2. REVIEW METHODOLOGY

Location and staff
Country selection

Selection procedure
Characteristics of countries selected for review

Approach to data collection
Analysis

3. REVIEW RESULTS OVERALL

Status of the reports

CCA reports
PRSPs

Report preparation process

CCA reports
PRSPs

Food security in the country reports
Definitions used for food security and poverty

Definitions used for food security
Definitions used for poverty
Combined use of food security and poverty definitions

Development priorities
The data: collection and presentation

Collection of data on food insecurity

Primary versus secondary data on food insecurity
Specification of sources of data on food insecurity
Sources of food insecurity data
Data collection methods

Indicators used for food insecurity and poverty

Food insecurity and vulnerability
Poverty indicators

Presentation of data on food insecurity

Presentation formats for food insecurity data
Disaggregation of food insecurity data
Temporal dimension of food insecurity data
Time series of food insecurity data

Causes and explanations
Policies and strategies
Interventions

4. FOOD INSECURITY AND VULNERABILITY, AND POVERTY: FROM PRIORITY TO INTERVENTION

Background
Report preparation, development priorities, and defining food insecurity and vulnerability, and poverty
The analysis
From analysis to intervention
From priority to intervention

5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

Introduction
General information on the reports reviewed
Report preparation process
Definitions of food security
Food security as a development priority
Data collection

Data sources
Aggregation and trend analysis

Data presentation
Type of indicators used
Analysis
Policies, strategies and interventions
Consistency from development priority to intervention

6. RECOMMENDATIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES USED

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX I. Checklist in the terms of reference, for guidance in reviewing country reports
APPENDIX II. Staff engaged in review
APPENDIX III. Countries, by region, selected for CCA and PRSP review
APPENDIX IV. Distribution of least developed countries (LDCs) among the reports in the review
APPENDIX V. FIVIMS conceptual framework for understanding possible causes of low food consumption and poor nutritional status
APPENDIX VI. Predefined framework for analysis used for review of country reports
APPENDIX VII. Background to the indicators of food insecurity and vulnerability
APPENDIX VIII. Explanations regarding the causes of food insecurity and vulnerability in CCA reports and PRSPs (percentages)