Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
COUNTING, SCORING AND CLASSIFYING HUNGER TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TARGETED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
Year:2011
Research Areas
  • Agriculture,
  • Humanities
Information
Abstract
A proper allocation of resources targeted to solve hunger is essential to optimize the efficacy of actions and maximize results. This requires an adequate measurement and formulation of the problem as, paraphrasing Einstein, the formulation of a problem is essential to reach a solution. Different measurement methods have been designed to count, score, classify and compare hunger at local level and to allow comparisons between different places. However, the alternative methods produce significantly reach different results. These discrepancies make decisions on the targeting of resource allocations difficult. To assist decision makers, a new method taking into account the dimension of hunger and the coping capacities of countries, is proposed enabling to establish both geographical and sectoral priorities for the allocation of resources.
International
Si
Congress
XV Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería de Proyectos
960
Place
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-84-615-4543-8
Start Date
06/07/2011
End Date
08/07/2011
From page
1607
To page
1623
XV Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería de Proyectos
Participants
  • Autor: Ana Afonso Gallegos UPM
  • Autor: Jose Ignacio Trueba Jainaga UPM
  • Autor: Monica Tarancon
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Planificación y Gestión sostenible del desarrollo rural/local
  • Departamento: Proyectos y Planificación Rural