The Expansion of Food Retail in Developing Countries and Its Effects on the Hunger Index

Patricia Bryn Wells, Sayed Saghaian and William Osborne

No 142630, 2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This paper presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between the expansion of food retailing in developing countries and hunger index. Our analysis found mixed results between the expansion of food retailing and hunger index for four different countries. These results demonstrate possibilities for food retail expansion in developing countries.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.142630

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