Abstract
This paper concentrates on the empirical analysis of the pace of change in the food security situation in developing countries. We used dynamic panel data modeling by the GMM technique of Blundel and Bond (1998) during the period which range from 1990-2018 in order to estimate the relationship between the growth rate of GDP per capita and the growth rate of under nutrition prevalence in 26 developing countries belonging to the three different regions, namely Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Food security was used at a national level as measured by the prevalence of under nutrition and the magnitude of the food deficit. The results of the estimates clearly show a negative relationship between economic growth rate and under nutrition prevalence; however, the economic growth of developing countries seems to be a key factor in reducing poverty and the proportion of the undernourished population.
Highlights
Food safety can be defined as the capacity of all people to a sufficient, healthily and nutritive food, the physical and the economic access
Our study focuses on food security at the national level, generally measured by the prevalence of malnutrition; Our study will use dynamic panel data modeling, for the period 1990-2018, in order to estimate the relationship between the growth rate of GDP per head and the growth rate of the prevalence of sub-population for 26 developing countries
As consequence, This study focuses on food security at the national level, generally measured by the prevalence of malnutrition, which is defined as the population below the minimum level of food energy consumption indicates the percentage of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet food energy needs on an ongoing basis (Source: World Bank).The prevalence of malnutrition expresses the probability that a randomly selected person in the population will consume an amount of calories that is insufficient to meet their need for the energy desired for a healthy and active life
Summary
Food safety can be defined as the capacity of all people to a sufficient, healthily and nutritive food, the physical and the economic access. We empirically investigate if the acceleration of economic growth leads to the reduction of malnutrition in developing countries or not, using dynamic panel data. Our study focuses on food security at the national level, generally measured by the prevalence of malnutrition; Our study will use dynamic panel data modeling, for the period 1990-2018, in order to estimate the relationship between the growth rate of GDP per head and the growth rate of the prevalence of sub-population for 26 developing countries. We will present the literature review and the structure of under nutrition prevalence and its broad definition. We will present the results of estimation and a descriptive, graphical analysis related to prevalence of under nutrition and its determinants
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