2007 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Global Hunger Index: Facts, determinants, and trends

Wiesmann, Doris; Sost, Ann Kathrin; Schöninger, Iris; Dalzell, Howard; Kiess, Lynnda; Arnold, Tom; and Collins, Steve. 2007. 2007 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Global Hunger Index: Facts, determinants, and trends. Bonn, Washington, DC, and Dublin: Welthungerhilfe, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Concern Worldwide. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160237

Because hunger has many faces, it makes sense to choose a multidimensional approach for calculating the Global Hunger Index (GHI). Such an approach has the following advantages: 1. It simultaneously captures various aspects of hunger and undernutrition. 2. The combination of indicators measured independently of each other reduces the impact of random measurement errors. 3. The condensing of information facilitates a quicker overview for decision makers in the public and political arenas.