Ouédraogo, Denis <br/><br/>
Food Insecurity, Vulnerability, and Poverty in Rural Burkina Faso: Insights from an Approach Based on Energy Intakes 

 -  2007.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> In Burkina Faso, analyses of vulnerability and poverty have been dominated by the monetary approach. Using the generalized formula of the poverty index developed by Foster et al. (1984), we define a new concept of poverty based on dietary needs and energy intakes. Our results show that the monetary approach tends to underestimate the incidence of poverty insofar as it does not take sufficiently into account social capital and the role of institutions in poverty alleviation.