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Food Security Assessment: Regional Overview

  • by Shahla Shapouri and Stacey Rosen
  • 4/25/2001
  • AIB-765-1

Overview

This briefing paper covers 67 low-income countries in five regions. Sub-Saharan Africa is identified as the most vulnerable region: with only 25 percent of the population in the 67 countries, its nutritional needs account for 65 percent of the total for all countries.

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