Voices of hunger: a desk review of issues arising from participatory analysis of poverty and food insecurity
This review aims to gather insights into the lived meaning of food insecurity, by collecting highlights from existing participatory assessments. The source materials include the published outputs and some of the original field reports from the World Banks 1999 Consultations with the Poor exercise. In addition the review covers a varied selection of participatory work on poverty and food insecurity, from a range of institutions, geographical regions, and socio-economic contexts. Common patterns and themes are identified, which recur across countries and groups: