Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps vi
4. Figures viii
5. Tables x
6. Boxes xi
7. Acknowledgments xiii
8. 1. Introduction 1
9. Part I: Locating Hunger
10. Indicators of Malnutrition
11. 2: Food Availability 11
12. 3: Prevalence of Undernourishment (POU) 19
13. 4: Micronutrient Malnutrition 26
14. 5: Malnutrition and Obesity 32
15. 6: Growth Failure 37
16. 7: Household Poverty 43
17. 8: The Hunger Vulnerability Index 51
18. Patterns of Hunger within Countries
19. 9: Child Growth Failure in Uruguay 57
20. 10: Food Insecurity in the United States 63
21. 11: Malnutrition in India and Mexico 67
22. Part II: The Sources of Hunger
23. National Resources
24. 12: Population Growth 71
25. 13: Arable Land per Capita 79
26. 14: Environmental Systems Health 84
27. 15: Human Resources: Literacy 86
28. 16: Built Resources: Roads 88
29. 17: Change in Resource Base 91
30. 18: Climate Change 94
31. Technology
32. 19: College and University Enrollment and Research and Development 97
33. 20: Agricultural Technology: Fertilizer 103
34. Institutions and Power Relations
35. 21: Colonialism and Neocolonialism 107
36. 22: Debt and International Power Relations 112
37. 23: Political Freedoms 115
38. 24: Income Inequality 118
39. 25: Gender Inequality 122
40. Poverty and Hunger
41. 26: National Income per Capita 125
42. 27: Extreme Poverty 131
43. Exacerbating Conditions and Events
44. 28: Dependency Ratio 135
45. 29: HIV/AIDS 140
46. 30: Malaria 143
47. 31: Health Expenditures per Capita 145
48. 32: Unsafe Water and Poor Sanitation 148
49. 33: International Trade and Primary Products 154
50. 34: International Terms of Trade 157
51. 35: Terms-of-Trade Shocks 160
52. 36: Food Trade 162
53. 37: Food Price Shocks 165
54. 38: Development Aid and Food 168
55. 39: War 174
56. 40: Natural Disasters 178
57. 41: Conclusion 181
58. Appendix 1: Map Data Sources 185
59. Appendix 2: Hunger Vulnerability Index 188
60. Notes 191
61. References 193
62. Index 199