| Abstrak/Abstract |
Developing countries will be home to 85% of the world's population by 2030. Hence, important to ensure food security for them. This effort is not easy as the number of undernourished people (NUP) in the world increases. We are trying to investigate the impact of food and non-production factors on the NUP in developing countries. This study employs secondary data from 57 devel-oping countries between 2002 until 2018. These countries come from three regions, namely Africa, Asia, and Latin America & the Caribbean. One-step and two-step of the system-GMM are used to analyze the data. The findings from this study show that the food production index, cereal import dependency ratio, economic globalization index, and human capital index have different effects on the NUP in each region. The good news is corruption control can help developing countries minimize their NUP. Based on the findings of this study, we propose the following implications: efforts to improve physical and economic food access, corruption must be taken seriously in developing countries, and developing country governments and the international community must demonstrate a strong commitment to reduce undernourished people. |
