Liberal trade policy and food insecurity across the income distribution: an observational analysis in 132 countries, 2014-17.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eradicating food insecurity is necessary for achieving global health goals. Liberal trade policies might increase food supplies but how these policies influence individual-level food insecurity remains uncertain. We aimed to assess the association between liberal trade policies and food insecurity at the individual level, and whether this association varies across country-income and household-income groups.

Methods

For this observational analysis, we combined individual-level data from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN with a country-level trade policy index from the Konjunkturforschungsstelle Swiss Economic Institute. We examined the association between a country's trade policy score and the probability of individuals reporting moderate-severe or s

SUBMITTER: Barlow P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7375794 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature